St Mary, Swanage

Monumental Inscriptions

Page 2

South aisle

East wall

28.

SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
ROBERT BURT.
STONE MERCHANT OF THIS PLACE:
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 13TH 1847,
IN HIS 60TH YEAR.
HE WAS AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND,
AND FATHER,
AND FOR HIS MANY VIRTUES,
JUSTLY ESTEEMED BY AN UNUSUALLY
LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.

ALSO OF

LETITIA, HIS WIFE,
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 14TH 1861,
IN HER 76TH YEAR.
AS A WIFE AND MOTHER,
SHE WAS EXEMPLARY.

THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED BY THEIR
CHILDREN AS A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE,
FOR THEIR PARENTS’ LOVE.

 

29.
 (Brass Plaque)

To
the Memory of
ROBERT HENRY BURT
SECOND SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED ON THE 30TH DAY OF DECEMBER
1876
IN THE 56TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

 

30.
 (Stained Glass Window)

HILL CREST SCHOOL
WAR MEMORIAL WINDOW
DEDICATED 21ST NOV 1948

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
& IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
of J. Blaikie, T. Fairfax-Cookson,
P. Forbes, J.Hethey, N. Lushington
P. Matthews, D. Minshin, F. Thresher
M. Thresher, T. Tibbetts, E. Wedderburn
and Alistair C. Lloyd
former pupils of Hill Crest School,
who gave their lives in the War of 1939-45.

 

South aisle

South wall:

31.
 (Brass Plaque)

HERE LIETH INTERRED THE BODY
OF THOMAS SERRELL THE SONN
OF ANTHONY SERRELL OF SWAN-
WHICH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 28TH OF JUNE ANNO DNI 1639

 

32

Underneath
lieth with two
of her Children
SARAH Wife of Captn M. COLE
of the ROYAL NAVY
who Died the 27th Octr 1788
Aged 56 Years.

 

33.
 (Brass Plaque)

TO THE MEMORY OF
SUSANNA ANNE ARBON,
DAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND LETITIA BURT
AND NIECE OF JOHN AND SUSANNA MOWLEM,
LATE OF THIS PARISH. WHO DIED ON THE FIFTEENTH
DAY OF JULY AD 1871. IN HER FORTY SECOND YEAR

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HER NEPHEWS AND
NIECES AS A RECORD OF THEIR GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT
FOR HER MEMORY AND THEIR LOSS IN HER DEATH.

 

34.
(Brass Plaque)

Here lyeth buried ye body of Henry Welles
of Godlingstone seconde sonne of Thomas We-
lles of Bradbridge in ye countie of South Es-
quier who being of the age of 91 departed this
life ye 25th of January 1607 and also ye body of
Marie his first wife sister and heire to John Pole
of Godlingstone Esquier, who djed in Ano 1560.

West wall

35.
(Brass Plaque)

TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANCIS ALFRED BURT
DIED MARCH 11TH 1898 AGED 73 YEARS
ALSO OF
CATHERINE DAMARIS BURT
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED DECR 24TH 1888 AGED 65 YEARS

Nave 

36.

PRAISE HIM UPON THE LOUD CYMBALS
PSALM CL VERSE V.

ST MARY’S CHURCH SWANAGE

THE PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS WAS FIRST CHIMED IN 1888,
THE YEAR AFTER THE JUBILEE OF
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.
PREVIOUSLY FOUR BELLS ONLY WERE HUNG, AND THESE
WERE FOUND TO BE IN BAD CONDITION; THEY WERE THEREFORE
SENT TO MESSRS TAYLOR’S FOUNDRY, LOUGHBOROUGH;
THREE TOO BE RETURNED, AND ONE RECAST.
THESE ARE NOW THE 4TH, 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH BELLS OF THE PEAL.
THE FOUR NEW BELLS, NAMELY THE 1ST (TREBLE), 2ND, 3RD,
AND 8TH (TENOR) BELLS, ALSO CAST AT MESSRS TAYLOR’S
FOUNDRY, WERE ADDED IN THE YEAR ABOVE MENTIONED
BY GEORGE BURT AND HIS FAMILY, TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
OF HIS WIFE. THE THREE OLD BELLS, RETURNED,
BEAR RESPECTIVELY THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS:

“THINKE ON GOD, I.W. 1612”
“FEAR GOD”, I.W. 1612”
“HONOUR THE KING, I.W. 1621”

THE OLD BELL, RECAST, WAS INSCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

“LESSER AND PACK OF LONDON, FECIT 1764”

THE FOUR BELLS, ADDED IN THE YEAR 1888, EACH BEAR
THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTION.

“TO THE MEMORY OF MRS ELIZABETH BURT, WHO DIED AT
PURBECK HOUSE, JANUARY 6TH 1886”

THE COST OF REPAIRING THE OLD BELLS, FIXING NEW
FRAMEWORK, AND HANGING THE PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS, WAS
DEFRAYED FROM THE INCOME OF THE CHURCH LANDS FUNDS.

T.A. GURNEY – RECTOR

N.C. WHITE

C. BURT         CHURCHWARDENS

 

37.
(Brass plaque)

TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES THOMAS HILLIER
FOR 47 YEARS ORGANIST
OF THIS CHURCH WHO DIED
25 OCTOBER 1929 AGED 66.

 

38.

IN MEMORY OF
NURSE GOLDSMITH
WHOSE WORK AMONGST THE SICK
OF THIS TOWN GAINED HER
THE RESPECT & AFFECTION
OF ALL WHO KNEW HER
DIED MAY 1ST 1905
BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS
& SO FULFIL THE LAW OF CHRIST.

 

39.
(Marble Tablet)

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY DIGBY COTES DELAMOTTE
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS A SURGEON OF
THIS TOWN. WHO WAS BORN AT OXFORD
JULY 19TH 1796, DIED AT SWANAGE
FEBRUARY 13TH 1874 AND WAS INTERRED
IN SWANAGE CEMETERY.

ALSO OF RUTH, WIFE OF THE ABOVE,
AND DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH MARTEN
OF RINGWOOD WHO WAS BORN MAY 2ND
1792 DIED SEPTEMBER 16TH 1834
AND WAS INTERRED IN THE BURIAL GROUND, SWANAGE

“THERE REMAINETH A REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD”.

 

40.
(Brass Plaque)

TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE COTES DELAMOTTE, M.R.C.S.
WHO FOR MANY YEARS WAS A
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER
OF THIS
TOWN AND WAS CHURCHWARDEN
OF THIS PARISH FOR
17 YEARS
HE DIED 30TH OCT. 1922
AGED 93 YEARS

 

41.
(Brass Plaque)

THE AUDIO SYSTEM IN THIS
CHURCH IS DEDICATED TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
IN GRATITUDE FOR THE LIFE OF
DORIS EVELYN MORTLEY WARD
PLEASE CONTINUE
TO REMEMBER HER.

 

42.
(Plaque Beneath South-West Window)

In loving memory of Elizabeth Sophia the wife of T. Davies Sewell of the City of London
and daughter of George Burt of London Westminster and Purbeck House Swanage who died
3rd December 1880 aged 37
She was a devoted wife and mother and a fond affectionate daughter. This
window was placed in this Parish Church by the bereaved families of her Husband and Father.

 

43.
(Brass Plaque)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JAMES WALTER GIBBS
DIED JANUARY 21 1906
“WHY SHOULD I FEAR THE DARKEST HOUR
OR TREMBLE AT THE TEMPTER’S POWER
JESUS VOUCHSAFES TO BE MY TOWER”.

 

In Floor

By south door:

44.

Here Underneath Lieth ye body of
THOMAS COCKRAM [of Whitecliff] Gent
the son of Brune Cockram Formerly Rector
of this Parish who Departed this life ye 5th[?]
Day of April in ye year of our LORD 171[5]
… 72d  year of his Age.
Let this your great ell[?] care be so to die
that you may hereafter Have Eternally

 

45.

William Son of John Taylor Esqr
of the H’land of Nevis Died
June 15th 1789 aged 8 Years
HERE ALSO LIE
THE REV. W. TAYLOR
THE REV G. TAYLOR

AND
SARAH WIFE OF THE
REV W. TAYLOR
SHE DIED IN PEACE
OCT 27TH 1850
AGED 80 YEARS.

 

46.

HIC JACET [GUILIELMUS ROSE, GENEROSUS]
GUILIELM[I ROSE HUJUSEE ECCLESIE]
N[UPER RECTORIS]
F[ILIUS NATU MASCIMUS]
QUI OBIIT [XXVIII DIE OCT ANN DM MDCC
AT[ATIS SUNE XXXI]

 

47.

HIC J[UCET GULIELMUS ROSE]
HUJ[US ECCLESIEC RECTOR] QUI O[BIIT]
QVI[NDECIMO DIE NO[VEMBRIS]
A[NNO DOMINI 16]90
[HERE LIETH THE] BODY O[F]
[DOROTHY ROSE] THE  W[IFE]
[WILLIAM ROSE] FORMERLY
[RECTOR OF THIS] CHURCH
[SHE DIED THE] SECOND [JANUARY]
[ANNO] DOM 170[5]

 

West Wall

48.

To the Memory of
MR. TIMOTHY CHINCHEN
who was Intered in this Church Yard
the 2nd. of October 1766
in the 62nd. Year of his Age.
His disconsolate Widow and Children
erected this Monument to his well
approved Virtue and their
Irreparable Loss.

Also MARY Wife
of the above TIMO. CHINCHEN
who died the 3rd Decemr. 1767.
in the 65th. Year of her Age.

Also MARY Wife of
TIMO. CHINCHEN Son of the above
TIMO. and MARY CHINCHEN
who died 8th July 1790. Aged 52 Years.

 

49.

IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ERNEST PITCHER V.C.
WHO WAS ALSO AWARDED
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
THE MILITARY MEDAL AND THE CROIX DE GUERRE
FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY
1886-1946

 

50.

Sacred to the Memory of
JOSEPH EDMONDS
Commander of the DEFIANCE of 24 Guns
Whose Bravery in conquering a French
Ship of superior Force in 1758 was
generously rewarded by the Underwriters
and Merchants of the City of LONDON
He died at Swanage 26th September 1794
Aged 74 Years.

And PRISCILLA his Wife an affectionate Mother
to their Children; she died 18th March 1801 Aged 73.
Both Buried in the Church nearly Under
This Monument Placed here, as a testimony of
Filial Affection and Gratitude.

To the Memory of
JAMES Eldest Son of
JOSEPH & PRISCILLA EDMONDS
Commander of the NEW ALBION
Died at Jamaica 5th July 1794
Aged 33 Years.

Also of
JOHN Youngest Son of
the said JOSEPH & PRISCILLA
Commander of the Dorset
Who was kill’d Gallantly defending his Ship
against the French off the Island of Cuba
21st October 1794
Aged 29 Years.

 

51.

In MEMORY of
Mr. JOHN CHAPMAN late of this Place
Mercht. Who died in LONDON Novr. 14th
O.S. 1733 and was buried in the Church of
ST OLAVE HART STREET.

And ALSO of
MARY CHAPMAN his Daughter;
Who died at SILTON in this County
May 9th. O.S. 1749
And is HERE interrd.

PEACE to your awful Shades. YE RIGHTEOUS dead:
Whose Loins are girded, & whose Lamps are fed.
In MORALS upright, in RELIGION good;
Allied by VIRTUE, as allied by BLOOD.
The JEWELL present Men esteem as Dross;
Too late, We learn the VALUE, by the Loss.
While Ye to REALMS ABOVE, impartial, rise;
The MANSIONS destined for the JUST, & WISE.
For all who in this arduous POINT excell,
The CARE of LIVING, & of DYING well.
Hoc Saltem
Exemplis, & Beneficiis huiusmodi,
A Filio, & Fratre hinc inde deoinctissimo,
Pictatis, & Desidery Munuseulum,
Sese absolvendum
Sistit.
J.C.P.

Here also lies SUSA BEATA CHAPMAN,
youngest Daughter of the Above JNO CHAPMAN;
who died May the 4th 1774.
And Thou-True patern of Assiduous Care:
With thy dear Kindred Souls in endless Glory Share

 

52.
Brass Plaque

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF
CYRIL HERBERT SHARPE
PHYSICIAN OF THIS TOWN
BORN APRIL 14. 1860 – DIED MARCH 2. 1919
“HONOUR A PHYSICIAN WITH THE HONOUR DUE TO HIM FOR THE
USES YE MAY HAVE OF HIM: FOR THE LORD HATH CREATED HIM”
ECCLESIASTICUS XXXVIII.I.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS.

 

53.
Marble Tablet

THE LIGHTING OF THIS CHURCH WAS
RENEWED & IMPROVED IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES BEATRICE METCALFE-SMITH
THE GIFT OF HER DAUGHTERS A.D. 1953.

 

Vestry Wall

 54.
Brass

Orate pro aibus Willi Clavell et Margarete ac Alic…
ejus quom animabus picietur Deus Amen.

 

Choir Vestry Wall

 55.
Brass

Suche as I was so be you, and as I am so shall you be,
and of the soule of John harde god have mercy the
whiche decessed the XVII day of March ye yer of o’Lord MVCX

 

Brass Plaques on North-West Pillar

 56.

To the Glory of God
and in loving memory of
Elizabeth Christian Phippard
and John Oldfield Phippard
Who are buried in the Swanage Cemetery
This brass is placed by
their only surviving sister.
Arabella Sarah Phippard
January 1891
His will is our peace
God be merciful to me.

 

57.

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR COUSIN
Phyllis Palmer
WHO DIED
January 16th 1966
MARJORIE DORIS & META BRISTOW

 

Plaque on North-East Pillar

58.

TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY
GOD AND IN EVER LOVING
MEMORY OF HIS SERVANT
CLARA ELIZABETH LONG
WHO FELL ASLEEP AT
SWANAGE ON THE
17TH OCTOBER 1923 AFTER A
LONG LIFE SPENT IN THE
SERVICE OF HER MASTER.

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