
SHATFORD Monumental
Inscriptions
Weekley Parish Church
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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Five identical cruciform tombstones alongside each other, interspersed with
small stones bearing initials and year only:
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In Loving Memory of
EMILY JANE
SHATFORD
DEC 22ND 1872 –
JULY 13TH 1943
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To The Dear Memory of
JAMES SHATFORD
FEB 11TH 1865 –
DEC 28TH 1938
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Sacred To The Memory of
FRED SHATFORD
THE BELOVED SON OF
THOMAS AND SARAH SHATFORD
OF THIS PARISH
WHO
FOR 60 YEARS WAS A DEVOTED
MEMBER
OF WEEKLEY CHURCH CHOIR
BORN OCTOBER 7TH
1861
ENTERED PARADISE APRIL 30TH
1933
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In Loving memory
of
SARAH SHATFORD
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AUGUST 10TH
1910
AGED 81 YEARS
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In Loving Memory of
THOMAS SHATFORD
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEMBER 6TH
1907
AGED 84 YEARS
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Slightly further away, but in the same
general area:
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In
Loving Memory of
WALTER SHATFORD
WHO DIED MARCH 9TH 1932
AGED 82 YEARS
THY
WILL BE DONE
ALSO HIS WIFE
RACHEL SHATFORD
WHO DIED AUGT
26TH 1939
AGED 90 YEARS
AT REST
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In
Loving Memory of
ELLA JULIA
SHATFORD
DIED APRIL 16TH
1909
AGED 22 YEARS
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In Memory of
JOHN SHATFORD
DIED FEBRUARY 7TH
1857
AGED 43 YEARS
ALSO
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
NOVEMBER 27TH
1902
AGED 86 YEARS
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On
a family grave:
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In Loving Memory Of
Our Dear Father and Mother
DAVID SHATFORD
Who Died MARCH 9TH
1921
AGED 56 YEARS
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MATILDA SHATFORD
Who Died JANUARY 12TH
1953
AGED 87 YEARS
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ALSO THEIR SON
DENNIS
WHO DIED AUGUST 19TH 1948
AGED 48 YEARS
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MARJORIE
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ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER DORA
Who Died JULY 24TH
1952
AGED 56 YEARS
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ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER
EVA
Who Died APRIL 14TH
1913
AGED 21 YEARS
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W 1893
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Other SHATFORD
gravestones:
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE ARTHUR
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ANNIE SHATFORD
DIED OCTOBER 27TH
1938
AGED 64 YEARS
ALSO OF
ANNIE SHATFORD
DIED SEPTEMBER 8TH
1948
AGED 86 YEARS
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HANNAH WIFE OF
CHARLES SHATFORD
DIED JULY 26TH
1887
AGED 57 YEARS
CHARLES SHATFORD
DIED JANUARY 9TH
1900
AGED 73 YEARS
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TO THE MEMORY OF
REBECCA SHATFORD
DIED FEBRUARY 27TH
1837
AGED 27 YEARS
[lots more inscription, but illegible]
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Plaque on wall outside old hospital, near
war memorial,
and adjacent to entrance to Weekley Parish
Church graveyard [note SERVED not DIED]:
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The Names of Those from This Place Who
Served in the Great War 1914 – 1919
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James Shatford
Harold Shatford
Alfred Shatford
Dennis Shatford
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Research and
transcription performed on 10 February 2005 by David Paul Shatford
©
David Paul Shatford 2005