The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Monumental Inscriptions
by Leland Lewis Duncan, M.V.O., O.B.E., F.S.A.
published in 1923
reproduced with the kind permission of the Kent Archaeological Society

 
ST MARY THE VIRGIN, SUNDRIDGE
SOUTH WEST PART OF CHURCHYARD
noted between 7th and 14th September 1919
1. John Blakeway died 20 November 1823 aged 45 years. Richard, son of John and Sarah Blakeway died June 9 1824 aged 19 years. Charlotte, daughter of the above died 17 February 1825 aged 15 years. Francis, son of the above died June 24 1825 aged 18 years.
2. Elizabeth, wife of Jesse Marchant died 14 July 1827 aged 24 years.
"Two children dear I left behind"
3. Mrs Penelope wife of Mr Jarvis Watts died 16 November 1776 in her 48th year.
The above Mr Jarvis Watts died May 25 1810 in his 78th year.
4. Sarah, 2nd wife of Benjamin Hollamby died 4 January 1818 aged 79 years.
5. Hollamby, late of Priory in the parish of Tandridge in Surrey died February 16 1797 aged 75 years.
6. Anne Hall died 18 July 1853 aged 67 years.
7. George Hall died 25 November 1839 aged 49 years.
9. Benjamin and Elizabeth, son and daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Hollamby of Tandridge in Surrey. Benjamin died February 7 1770 aged 18 years. Elizabeth died July 10 1770 aged 17 years.
10. In memory of [unreadable]
11. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Atherfold of this parish died May 7 1752 in her 61st year.
12. Thomas Atherfold yeoman died 19 December 1775 in his 80th year.
13. William Long of this parish died July … 1765 aged 74 years. Elizabeth, wife of the said William Long died 24 July 1771 aged 71 years. Mary Hayward, daughter of the above died March 18 1766 aged 34 years.
14. Laurence Gibbon Newman, son of Jacob and Theodosia Newman died December 11 1832 aged 17 years.
15. Harriot, wife of George Hoadley died 27 December 1835 aged 34 years. Benjamin, son of the above died 16 June 1851 aged 19 years.
The above George Hoadley died 10 July 1857 aged 65 years.
16. Elizabeth, wife of John Foord Finch died 23 July 1829 aged 70 years. John Foord Finch died 10 June 1833 aged 71 years. George Finch, brother of John Foord Finch died 26 February 1822 aged 56 years.
17. Ann, wife of John Foot died 18 June 1828 aged 33 years.
18. Richard Wood, late of Mereworth in this county died ye 31 January 1745 aged 68 years. Margaret, wife of Richard Wood died 9 January 1765 aged 84 years. 
19. Richard Wood died March …. 1715 aged …. years. Also Mary, wife of Richard Wood who died February ……
20. Mary, wife of William Wood dyed November … 1754 aged 80 years.
21. Old double headed stone, mid 18th century. Quite gone.
23. Sarah Sexbey wife of William Sexbey of this parish died 17 May 1725 in her 33rd year. William Sexbey, late of Edenbridge, husband of the above died November 1765 aged 65 years.
23. Richard Overy died June ye 22 1743 aged 61 years. Elizabeth his wife died February ye 3 1755 aged 68 years.
24. Jane Maria Wells, daughter of Thomas and Ann Wells died 30 September 1822 aged 3 years 3 months. George, son of the above died 1 February 1825 aged 4 years 9 months.
25. Ann Kezia Wels, wife of Thomas Wells of this parish died 20 May 1843 aged 55 years.
26. Hannah Wells, wife of William Wells of this parish died 9 January 1825 aged 61 years. William Wells died 25 December 1826 aged 74 years.
27. Sarah, wife of George Parker of Ide Hill died 22 March 1846 aged 65 years. The above George Parker died 12 January 1854 aged 76 years.
28. Thomas Cogger, son of John and Ann Cogger of this parish died June ye 3 1774 aged 22 years.
28a. Thomas Bokes aged 2 years and a halfe died 9 July 1719.
29. John Cogger died April 22 1801 aged 88 years. Ann, wife of John Cogger died July 29 1777 aged 55 years.
30. Ann Stevens died July 28 1781 aged 38 years.
31. Francis Cogger died July 25 1783 aged 38 years.
32. John Cogger died October 5 1790 aged 42 years.
33. Edward Cogger died May ye 1 1795 aged 42 years.
34. Mr John Potter yeoman of the parish of Brasted died March 26 1804 aged 37 years. Left a wife, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Mrs Jane Potter, wife of the above died 25 September 1818 aged 61 years.
35. Ephraim Swift died 29 May 1890 aged 74 years.
36. Ann Swift died October 23 1870 aged 51 years.
37. Walter Swift died 2 November 1863 aged 89 years. Sophia Swift, wife of the above died 1 January 1842 aged 56 years.
38. Emily Houldey died July 16 1858 aged 60 years.
39. Susanna, wife of John Wingate of Dryhill in this parish died August 15 1770 aged 42 years. John Wingate, husband of the above died November 3 1789 aged 78 years.
40. Martha, wife of John Wingate died February 11 1806 aged 50 years.
41. Flat stone, covered with ivy.
42. Elizabeth Jane, daughter of William and Mary Ann Shorey died 28 November 1863 aged 12 years and 6 days.
William, father of the above died 25 December 1875 aged 57 years.
Mary Ann, wife of the above William Shorey died 30 August 1892 aged 68 years.
43. Mrs Mary Robertson, wife of the Revd. Mr Edmund Robertson died February 7 1777. Also the above Revd. Mr Edmund Robertson, Curate of this parish for 21 years died May 13 1783.

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