North Leverton
St Martin

Monuments and Memorials

Chancel

On the south side of the sanctuary are several ledger stones. Two are readable except for parts of one. The inscriptions are:

HERE LIETH THE BODY
OF ELIZABETH THE
DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM
AND ELIZABETH COLTON
OF NORTH LEVERTON
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE MAY 11TH 1711

Beside it and partly obscured by the altar:

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF
ELIZABETH WIFE OF
WILLIAM COLTON OF NORTH
LEAVERTON (sic) WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE FEBRUARY -----
IN THE YE------
OUR LORD-----
AGED ----

Other small sections of ledger stone are discernible at the side of the altar and choir stalls but with little or nothing of their texts showing.

On the north wall of the chancel are two identical stones bearing the image of a sarcophagus surmounted by an urn and with a wreath below, all commemorating members of the Rogers family.

On the north wall (most easterly):

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS ROGERS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTOBER 30TH 1832
AGED 39 YEARS.
ALSO VINCENT FLETCHER ROGERS
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT NEWARK
DECEMBER 2ND 1850
IN THE 21ST YEAR OF HIS AGE
LIKEWISE
THOMAS THE INFANT SON OF
THOMAS AND ELIZABETH ROGERS
WHO DIED APRIL 8TH 1833

To the west side of this monument:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM ROGERS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER THE 18TH 1834
AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO MARY ROGERS
RELICT OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 14TH OCTOBER 1855
AGED 84 YEARS
LIKEWISE
ROBERT, SON OF
WILLIAM & ANN ROGERS
WHO DIED AUGUST 14TH 1820
AGED 21 YEARS

South Aisle

On the east wall is a brass plaque:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY BROWN HILL
1921-1981
DEDICATED CHURCH ORGANIST
AND CHOIR MISTRESS FOR MANY YEARS
FRIEND OF SCHOOL AND VILLAGE.

North Wall

A bronze memorial with badly faded gold paint between windows 11 and 12 is only just decipherable. The text is surmounted by a cross and in each corner the symbols for alpha and omega. It reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOMAS TICKELL
VICAR OF THIS PARISH
FOR
16 YEARS
CALLED
SUDDENLY TO HIS REST
ON ST MATTHEWS DAY 1886
AGED 58 YEARS
BURIED AT LECKHAMPTON
SEPT. 24TH
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH

The Rev. T. Tickell was a very generous incumbent who contributed freely to the costs of the church restoration and other amenities, including the village’s first school.

Another memorial plate affixed to a window sill reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY ANN BAILEY
BLESSED BE GOD, EVEN THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
THE FATHER OF MERCIES, AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT,
WHO COMFORTETH US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATIONS, THAT WE MAY
BE ABLE TO COMFORT THEM WHICH ARE IN TROUBLE BY THE
 COMFORT WHEREWITH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED OF GOD
FOR AS THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST ABOUND IN US, SO OUR,
CONSOLATION ALSO ABOUNDETH BY CHRIST.
11 CORINTHIANS 1C 3.4.5. V
DEDICATED BY H.A.B.