Hucknall
St Mary Magdalene

IN THE VAULT BENEATH
WHERE MANY OF HIS ANCESTORS AND HIS MOTHER ARE BURIED,
LIE THE REMAINS OF
GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON.
LORD BYRON, OF ROCHDALE
IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
THE AUTHOR OF CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE.
HE WAS BORN IN LONDON ON THE
22ND OF JANUARY 1788.
HE DIED AT MISSOLONGHI, IN WESTERN GREECE, ON THE
19TH OF APRIL 1824.
ENGAGED IN THE GLORIOUS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THAT
COUNTRY TO HER ANCIENT FREEDOM AND RENOWN.

HIS SISTER, THE HONORABLE
AUGUSTA MARY LEIGH
PLACED THIS TABLET TO HIS MEMORY

Born 1788    BYRON    Died 1824

The Pilgrim of Eternity

BYRON
BORN
JANUARY 22 1788
DIED
APRIL 19 1824

IN THE BYRON VAULT BELOW
LIE THE REMAINDS OF
AUGUSTA ADA,
ONLY DAUGHTER OF
GEORGE GORDON BYRON,
AND WIFE OF
WILLIAM, EARL OF LOVELACE.

BORN 10TH DECR 1815,
DIED 27TH NOVR 1852.

R.I.P.

IN MEMORY OF
THE HON. RICHARD NOEL BYRON,
WHO DIED IN AN AIR CRASH
IN WEST AFRICA
ON 22ND FEBRUARY 1985.
AGED 37 YEARS.

1948 – 1985

Beneath in a Vault
is interred the Body of RICHARD LORD BYRON
who with the rest of his Family, being 7 Brothers,
Faithfully Served KING CHARLES the first in the civil war ;
who Suffered much for their Loyalty
and lost all their present Fortunes :
yet it pleased God so to bless the honest endeavours
of the Said RICHARD LORD BYRON :
that he repurchased part of their ancient inheritance
which he left to his posterity :
with a Laudable Memory for his great piety & Charity :
he departed this Life upon the 4th Day of October
An : Dom : 1679 - in the -74th- year of his age.
In the Same Voult is interrid the Lady Elizabeth
his first Wife Daughter of George Russell, Esqr.
by whom he had-10-Children.
And ye Lady Elizabeth his Second wife : Daughter
to Sr GEORGE BOOTH Knight & Barronet
who Appoynted this Monument
to be erected :
to the memory of her dear Husband
and for her great piety & Goodness
acquired a name better than yt
of Sones and Daughters

TO THE GLORY OF GOD,
AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE
REV. JOHN EDWARD PHILLIPS. M.A.,
RURAL DEAN,
WHO WORKED IN THIS PARISH FOR 29 YEARS,
DURING 25 OF WHICH HE WAS VICAR.
HE ENTERED INTO REST THE 10TH DAY OF MAY, 1904,
AGED 58 YEARS.
THE PULPIT IS PLACED HERE BY HIS FRIENDS
AND PARISHIONERS, WHO
ESTEEMED HIM HIGHLY FOR HIS WORK’S SAKE
AND GREATLY REGRET HIS LOSS.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN LANCELOT,
2ND SON OF THE REV: JOHN EDWARD PHILLIPS, M.A.,
AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH,
WHO DIED IN CEYLON
FROM THE EFFECTS OF A CHILL IN 1902
AGED 21 YEARS.

“Fight the good fight.”

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH SARAH GODBER
WHOSE MORTAL REMAINS ARE ENTOMBED,
IN THIS CHURCH YARD.
SHE WAS THE BELOVED AND MUCH LAMENTED DAUGHTER,
OF JOHN GODBER, AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE,
OF WHYBURN HOUSE IN THIS PARISH:
BORN FEBRUARY XXVI MDCCCXXXI,
DIED APRIL V MDCCCLVI.

“EVEN SO FATHER FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD
IN THY SIGHT.” MATT. XI CHAP XXXVI VERSE.

THIS TOKEN OF SINCERE LOVE IS ERECTED TO HER
MEMORY, BY HER  MOST AFFECTIONATE AUNTS,
ELIZA, SARAH, AND ANNE GODBER.

Near this place lieth interred
The body of
JOHN CURTIS Gentleman
Whose Ancestors
(As appears by antient writings)
Have resided in this Township
Upwards of FIVE HUNDRED years;
He departed this life July 10th 1777;
Aged 80 years
Also the bodies of
ANN his first wife
And LANCELOT their son:
Also of
ELIZABETH his second wife,
Who departed this life April 5th 1790;
Aged 89 years:
And
Of their three children
JOHN, LANCELOT
And ELIZABETH.

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
LUKE JACKSON, ESQ.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY XXI, MDCCCV AGED LXIII YEARS.
ALSO OF HIS WIFE ANN
WHO DIED OCTOBER II, MDCCCXXVI
AGED LXIX YEARS.
AND OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN ELIZABETH
WHO DIED FEBRUARY XXVIII, MDCCXCII
AGED XI YEARS.
AND CURTIS GORDEN
WHO DIED NOVEMBER V, MDCCXCVII
AGED XII YEARS.

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ANN THE WIFE OF THE REV. LUKE JACKSON.
DAUGHTER OF THE
REV. HENRY HOUSON, M.A.
OF SOUTHWELL,
WHO DIED DECEMBER XXV, MDCCCXXI
AGED XXX YEARS.
ALSO OF THEIR DAUGHTER
ANNE
WHO DIED JULY XXIV, MDCCCXX
IN THE SECOND YEAR OF
HER AGE.

SACRED TO THE
MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH BETTESON,
DIED 1759, AGED 76 YEARS,

WHOSE GRAVES WERE ENCLOSED WITHIN THESE WALLS
AT THE ENLARGEMENT OF THIS CHURCH.
A.D. 1887-8. THOS FISH & SON.

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
EMMELINE NEEDHAM
BALL,
OF BEACON HILL,
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
JULY 18TH 1909.

“NOT DEAD BUT LIVING UNTO THEE.”

ERECTED BY HER TWO NIECES

IDA & GRACE SMITH.