 Misson
St John the Baptist
Monuments and Memorials
Chancel
Plaque to the Rev Colin Postlethwaite (died 1886) and his wife, Jane (died 1884) on the west wall of the chancel:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN LOVING MEMORY OF
COLIN POSTLETHWAITE, M.A., 23 YEARS VICAR OF MISSION.
BORN AUGUST 31ST 1803, DIED MARCH 14TH 1886
AND OF JANE POSTLETHWAITE HIS BELOVED WIFE
BORN JUNE 19TH 1814, DIED JUNE 14TH 1884.
INTERRED IN THE RETFORD CEMETERY. |
Brass plaque to Helen Dickinson (died 1891) and her daughter, Mary Eliza (died 1891), on the south jamb of the chancel arch:
IN LOVING † MEMORY OF
HELEN
WIFE OF JOHN DICKINSON OF MISSON
BORN 19TH SEPT 1828
DIED 20TH MAY 1891
AND OF MARY ELIZA DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
BORN 28TH MARCH 1861
DIED 4TH JUNE 1891
FOR FIVE YEARS ORGANIST OF THIS CHURCH
INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY.
“I HAVE FINISHED THE WORK THOU GAVEST ME TO DO.” |
North Aisle
On the north wall of the north aisle is a memorial to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of George and Mary Thorpe, who died in 1837.
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARY ELIZABETH, THE BELOVED
DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND MARY THORPE,
OF DONCASTER, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY THE 1ST 1837, AGED 10 YEARS.
LET OPENING ROSES, DROOPING LILIES TELL
LIKE THOSE SHE BLOOM’D, AND AH! LIKE THOSE SHE FELL.
IN CIRCLING WREATHS LET THE PALE IVY GROW,
AND DISTANT YEWS A SABLE SHADE BESTOW ;
TILL THAT BRIGHT MORN SHALL WAKE THE BEAUTEOUS CLAY,
TO BLOOM AND SPARKLE IN ETERNAL DAY. |
South Aisle
On the south wall of the south aisle, next to the south door, is a monument to Samuel Beale who died in 1820.
Sacred to the Memory of
SAMUEL, the only Son of the late
WILLIAM BEALE of this place Gent.
Who died January 19th 1820,
Aged 15,
An opening bud, a flower enfolder,
‘Scap’d from the early frosts and gales of Spring,
Its latent odours, tints, and beauties moulded,
By HIM who scents the rose, and paints the insect’s wing;
But, ere full blown, th’ expanding blossom faded,
To dust it chang’d, dust that proclaims to thee,
‘Descendant of a race by sin degraded’;
“That every man is altogether vanity.” |
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