Wellow
St Swithin

Monuments and Memorials

North wall of nave

In the north wall of the nave, to the west of the porch, are displayed, from west to east:

An incumbents list

A plaque recording donations made to the Parish in 1817, with text as follows:

DONATIONS of £31 5s. 3d.

To the Parish of Wellow

The interest arising there-

from for the Education of

Six Poor Children

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LAND situate and be-

queathed to the Parish of

Wellow, the Rents of which

are to be distributed to

the Poor at the discretion

of the Churchwardens:

viz. A HOUSE & GARDEN

in the Occupation of

John Warrener. Also 3a-2r.

of Land in the Occupati-

on of George Stancer

 

David Flower

John Gadsby, Churchwardens 1817. 

A memorial to the men of the parish who died in WWI, and underneath this, a memorial to those who died in WWII.

Still in the north wall, but to the east of the porch, is a monument to Elizabeth Peel, dated 1851, with a carefully and sentimentally carved rose by Edwin Smith of Sheffield. The inscription reads:

THE GRASS WITHERETH, THE FLOWER FADETH, BUT THE
WORD OF OUR GOD SHALL STAND FOREVER
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF LIEU. W. PEEL 53RD REGIMENT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 18TH OCTOBER 1851
ON BOARD THE STEAMER ‘ORIENTAL’ WHEN GOING DOWN THE RED SEA
EN ROUTE TO JOIN HER HUSBAND IN INDIA
SHE DIED AT THE EARLY AGE OF 25 YEARS.

East wall of south aisle

In front of the east window of the south aisle is a faded plaque. Like the window, this is dedicated to the memory of Louisa Blanche Foljambe. The inscription is now only partially legible but reads as follows:

In memory of Louisa Blanche the beloved wife of Cecil George Savile Fojambe of [????] and eldest daughter of Frederick John and Lady Fanny Howard. She died 7th Oct 1871 Aged 29 and is laid with her 2nd son the Vault at Sutton [/] Notts. The above last window of this Aisle is created by her sorrowing husband.