Elkesley
St Giles

Monuments and Memorials

Chancel

At the west end of the north wall of the chancel is a marble tablet to Edward Sharpe who died in 1769:

TO the Memory of
EDWARD SHARPE Esqr
who departed this life April 18th 1769
AGED 45 YEARS.
And of
IOHN SHARPE Esqr
who also departed this life May 14th 1797
AGED 64 YEARS.
Whose Remains lie interred near this place.

At the east end of the morth wall is a tablet to Robert Sharpe (died 1839):

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ROBERT SHARPE ESQ.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 28TH 1839;
AGED 78 YEARS.
ALSO
ELIZABETH RELICT OF THE LATE
ROBERT SHARPE ESQ.
WHO DIED AUGUST 5TH 1846
AGED 80 YEARS.

On the south wall, next to the piscina, is a stone monument to Catherine Sharpe (died 1764):

Near
this Place Lieth
the Body of Catherine
the Daughter of John
and Catherine Sharpe
who departed this Life
March the 19th
1764
Aged 33 Years.

There are also several floor stones in the chancel.

HERE
Lies the Body of
MARY JOHNSON
who departed this life
December the 30th 1802
in her 78th Year.

Here Lieth ye Body of Edw
Sharpe who departed this
Life Ian 11 Anno Dom 1717.
Aged 79
Whose Estate in this Parish
hath been enjoyed by him
and his Ancestors in a
Lineal Descent above
250 Years.

Sol Deo Gloria

HERE
Lieth the Body of
IOHN SHARPE Genn
Who departed this Life
February the 6th 1747
Aged 44 Years

Nave

On the west wall of the nave is a large monument to Edward Sharpe who died in 1825:

HERE LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
EDWARD SHARPE WHO, TO THE GREAT
GRIEF OF HIS SURVIVING RELATIVES
AND FRIENDS, DEPARTED THIS LIFE.
WHEN ABOUT TO ENTER UPON THE
DUTIES OF IT. WITH EVERY PROS-
PECT OF BECOMING AN USEFUL
MEMBER OF SOCIETY ON THE 12TH
DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1825 IN THE
25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.