Lenton
Holy Trinity

1.A brass plaque memorial to Annie Mary Bradley Bayley

In Loving Remembrance of Annie Mary Bradley Bayley Second Daughter of Henry Farmer and Wife of Thomas Bayley, M.P. who died at Langar Hall, Notts., on August 23rd 1904, in the sure and certain faith and glorious Resurrection. “MEN AT HER SIDE GREW NOBLER, GIRLS PURER AS THRO’ THE WHOLE TOWN THE CHILDREN WERE GLADDER THAT PULLED AT HER GOWN.”

2.Memorial to Dorothea Crewdson

A mainly wooden plaque mounted within a wooden frame. It is dedicated to Dorothea Crewdson. It is divided by gold strips into a decorated border incorporating trees, birds and a squirrel. It has a roundel in the centre of the top border showing the emblem of the Red Cross, designating her profession. It is flanked by the words 'LAUS DEO'.

The main text reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF DOROTHEA MARY LYNETTE CREWDSON V.A.D. Asst. Nurse A.R.R.C., M.M. who died at Etaples 12 March 1919 aged 32 after nearly four years work in France ---------------------------------- THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SOWN IN PEACE FOR THEM THAT MAKE PEACE.

3.Memorial to Henry Crewdson and his wife

The general design of this memorial is as memorial number 2 above. The outer border is different having foliage and flowers with the roundel in the top border having a simple crucifix.

The dedication reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF HENRY CREWDSON for many years Churchwarden and Choirmaster of this Church Born at Kendal, 13th October,1852, Died at Algeciras, 11th April, 1924 and of MARGARET CROOM his wife Born at Glasgow, 26th October, 1858, Died at Nottingham, 4th March, 1926. ------------------------------------ SURSUM CORDA

4.The Wright family memorial

This memorial is the largest of the group of eight memorials set on the east wall of the south aisle. It is of white marble on a dark background. The design is simply a rectangular panel with a low pointed pediment with the text slab resting on a moulded sill which is supported by a pair of brackets. The pediment is decorated with a small carved head of a unicorn.

Dedication text:

IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF JOHN WRIGHT, OF LENTON HALL, ESQUIRE, WHO DIED APRIL 21ST 1840, AGED 81 YEARS, AND OF ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS BERESFORD, ESQUIRE, OF ASHBOURN, WHO DIED DECR. 18TH 1833, AGED 74 YEARS. ALSO OF JOHN, THEIR ELDEST SON, WHO DIED AT NAPLES, JANY. 24TH 1828, AGED 35 YEARS. ALSO OF ANNIE, WIFE OF RICHARD PERRIN ESQRE. AND NIECE OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED AT LENTON HALL IN 1838, AND WAS INTERRED IN THE SAME VAULT IN THE OLD CHURCH YARD.  “COME NOW LET US REASON TOGETHER, SAITH THE LORD, THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL.”                                                                               ISAIAH 1. 18. ALSO OF FRANCES, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE JOHN WRIGHT, WHO DIED JANY. 10TH. 1873 AGED 77 YEARS. ALSO OF CHARLOTTE, HIS SECOND DAUGHTER, WHO DIED MAY 6TH. 1886, AGED 89 YEARS ALSO OF ANNE HIS THIRD DAUGHTER, WHO DIED JANY 7TH 1850 AGED 89 YEARS.

5.The Johnson Memorial

A simple rectangular brass plate with a domed top edge all set on a wooden backing. The lettering is predominantly black with just three capital letters in red. A small shield is enclosed by a wreath and surmounted by a Bishop’s mitre set within the dome. It also has a shield divided into two vertical halves, with the left half coloured red and displaying a sword crossed with two arrows, and on the right side coloured blue is a white figure, possible a winged rearing horse or a white swan.

The text on the wreath reads 'SCHOLA REGIA GRANTHAMIENSIS'.

The memorial text reads:

To the Glory of God AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF LESLIE STANLEY SON OF FRANK WILLIAM AND MILLICENT COY JOHNSON OF DUNKIRK HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, BORN 5TH OCTOBER 1889, DIED 5TH FEBRUARY 1903. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF LOVE BY HIS SCHOOLFELLOWS & THE MASTERS, AT KING EDWARD VI. SCHOOL, GRANTHAM. “SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME”

6. The Skipper memorial

In contrast to the large Wright family memorial, the memorial to the Rev. R. J. R. Skipper and his wife is a small metal plaque finished with a brown coating set on dark oak board with chaffered edges. It is a more recent design.

Text:

IN THANKSGIVING FOR CANON RAINALD J. R. SKIPPER, T.D., C.F. VICAR OF LENTON 1929 – 1954 WHO DIED SEPT. 26th. 1954 AGED 69 AND HIS BELOVED WIFE MARGARET ANNIE WHO DIED OCT. 9th. 1975 AGED 88

7.The Hilda Price memorial

A small rectangular multi-coloured marble slab with a brass dedication plate screwed to it. The brass plaque has a narrow two-line inscribed border and the text is mainly coloured black with the first word of each letter coloured red.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF HILDA DOROTHY PRICE, WHO DIED IN KARACHI, INDIA, NOVEMBER 23RD 1913, AGED 32 YEARS, AFTER AN OPERATION BRAVELY BORNE, DAUGHTER OF FREDERICK WRIGHT, J.P. FORMERLY OF LENTON HALL, AND WIFE OF EDWIN LESSWARE PRICE, TO WHOM SHE BARE TWO SONS. “YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH I WILL FEAR NO EVIL” P S 23.

8.The Frederick Wright Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY OF FREDERICK WRIGHT, J.P. LATE OF LENTON HALL. WHO DIED SEP 4TH 1916. 26 YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH. ALSO OF ADA JOYCE, HIS WIFE’ WHO DIED NOV 20TH 1920. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”

9.The Thomas Adams memorial

This memorial is located at the eastern end of the south aisle. It is a white marble tablet with a low pointed pediment decorated with a carved animal, possibly a lion, which stands on a scroll; the two-word text is now illegible but originally read ‘Animo Fideque’. At the base of the tablet is a marble sill supported by a pair of corbels.

The text reads:

TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED FATHER, THOMAS ADAMS OF LENTON FIRS J.P. FOR THE BOROUGH AND COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS GRATEFUL CHILDREN HE WAS BORN 5TH FEBY. 1807, FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS MAY 16TH 1873, AND WAS BURIED IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. He was a faithful man and feared God above many.                                                  Heb: 7, 2. By the grace of God I am what I am.                                                    I Cor. 15, 10. ALSO IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED MOTHER, LUCY ADAMS, BORN AUGST 28TH 1807 DIED AUGST 28TH 1874, “Safe in the arms of Jesus.” The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.                                                  Psalm 112-6.

10.The Harvey memorial

Another small memorial set below memorial No. 6 and of similar size.

This memorial has a light brown mottled marble back slab with a brass dedication plate decorated with a narrow brass border. The text reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES HARVEY BORN 13TH DECEMBER 1832 DIED 27TH SEPTEMBER 1910 SIDESMAN OF THIS CHURCH 1876-1910 WARDEN 1883-1889 & 1908-1909 2 CHRONICLES XXXI  21

11.The Hollick memorial

The Hollick memorial has a narrow grey marble background with a carved figure of Christ standing on a platform and cradling a lamb within His arms whilst supporting a shepherd’ s crook with  His left arm and shoulder. At His feet a sheep is looking up at the lamb. The whole figure rests on a shelf of the same marble and is surrounded by a cinquefoil headed frame with ornate carved foliage along the upper edge. An equally ornate cross rises from the apex of the frame. The dedication is set below the statue within a panel of the same material.

The inscription reads:

GWENDOLEN HOLLICK Died Nov 22nd 1904 Interred in Church Cemetery Nov 26th 1904 Aged 9 years and 9 months

13.The Albert Ball Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to Albert Ball whose parents were Lenton residents and benefactors of Holy Trinity Church. Albert Ball was a well known and highly decorated fighter pilot who was killed in combat in World War I. The memorial is of brown mottled marble, rectangular in shape with a domed top edge. The brass dedication plate is the same shape, with a border decorated with flowers. In each of the four corners a medal complete with its ribbon is incorporated. A further medal, the Victoria Cross, is displayed within the domed upper section together with the winged emblem of the Royal Air Force.

The inscription reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAPT: ALBERT BALL, V.C. D.S.O. WITH TWO BARS: M.C. CHEVALIER LEGION OF HONOUR : RUSSIAN ORDER OF ST GEORGE, & HONY FREEMAN OF THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM, ELDEST SON OF ALD: SIR ALBERT & LADY BALL, WHO PASSED OVER MAY 7TH 1917 AT ANNOEULLIN, FRANCE AGED TWENTY YEARS.

14.The Fenton memorial

The memorial is a rectangular plain white marble plaque with an ornate dentil carved pediment, topped with a carved scroll separated by a leaf motif. The sill at the bottom has a narrow band of carving based on semi circles.

The text lettering is filled with dark colouring and is in good condition.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOSEPH FENTON, WHO DIED MARCH 22, 1853, AGED 67 YEARS. AND OF HIS WIFE WHO DIED DECEMBER 14, 1853 AGED 60 YEARS. “ENTER NOT INTO JUDGEMENT WITH THY SERVANT, O LORD; FOR IN THY SIGHT SHALL NO MAN LIVING BE JUSTIFIED.”

15.Memorial to the children of the Rev George Browne

This memorial is dedicated to four of the children of the Rev. George Browne and his wife. They were just six months, two years, twelve years and nineteen years old at the time of their death, a sad reflection of short life expectance in the 19th century.

The memorial has a simple design, a white marble dedication tablet, set on a dark background.

TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM JOHN, WHO DIED MAY 31ST 1858, AGED 2 YEARS EDWARD, WHO DIED MAY 18TH 1842, AGED 12 YEARS. JAMES PETER,  DIED JANUARY 14TH 1844, AGED 6 MONTHS, AND DENIS GEORGE, DIED FEBRUARY 19TH 1848, AGED 19 YEARS. THE BELOVED CHILDREN OF REVD. GEORGE & ELIZABETH ANNE BROWNE . I will pour my Spirit unto thy seed and my blessing upon thy offspring.                                  Isiah, 44.5 .

16.The Francis Brown memorial

A rectangular tablet of white marble with a narrow moulding supporting a low pointed pediment set on a dark marble background. The carved text lettering is infilled with black colouring. 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANCIS BROWNE B.A. LATE VICAR OF CHRIST CHURCH ENFIELD, AND SOMETIME CURATE OF THIS PARISH; BORN OCTOBER 7TH 1844, FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS AUG 8TH 1879. “HE WALKED WITH GOD AND WAS NOT, FOR GOD TOOK HIM.” “TO BE WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER.”

17.The Elizabeth Browne Memorial

This vertical rectangular memorial of white marble has a plinth topped with a quadrant moulding below the dedication tablet; this is then surmounted by a frieze of carved foliage and completed with a slightly pointed pediment.

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF ELIZABETH ANNE, THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE REV: GEORGE BROWNE, VICAR OF THIS PARISH, SHE FELL ASLEEP DECR. 8TH 1870, AGED 63 YEARS. “LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE, AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF THE GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.” “HER CHILDREN ARISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED.”

18.The Rev. George Browne memorial

This memorial is located on the east wall of the north aisle. It consists of a white marble horizontal tablet with slightly extended sections on the bottom of each side with the moulded frieze on the top edge finished by a low pointed pediment. It is enhanced by a dark coloured marble background of the same shape, but slightly larger.

Text:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE BROWNE, M.A. FOR 46 YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH  BORN MAY 31ST 1803, FELL ASLEEP NOV. 13TH 1886. ‘He preached unto them Jesus’                              Acts, 17. 10.