SHATFORD Monumental Inscriptions



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Weekley Parish Church

Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, UK

 

Five identical cruciform tombstones alongside each other, interspersed with small stones bearing initials and year only:

 

In Loving Memory of

EMILY JANE SHATFORD

DEC 22ND 1872 – JULY 13TH 1943

 

 

 

To The Dear Memory of

JAMES SHATFORD

FEB 11TH 1865 – DEC 28TH 1938

 

 

 

T.S.

1907

 

 

 

F.S.

1933

 

 

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

 

 

 

In Loving memory

of

SARAH SHATFORD

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

AUGUST 10TH 1910

AGED 81 YEARS

 

 

 

S.S.

1910

 

 

 

In Loving Memory of

THOMAS SHATFORD

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

DECEMBER 6TH 1907

AGED 84 YEARS

 

 

Slightly further away, but in the same general area:

 

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

 

 

 

In Loving Memory of

ELLA JULIA SHATFORD

DIED APRIL 16TH 1909

AGED 22 YEARS

 

 

 

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

 

 

On a family grave:

 

In Loving Memory Of

Our Dear Father and Mother

DAVID SHATFORD

Who Died MARCH 9TH 1921

AGED 56 YEARS

 

 

MATILDA SHATFORD

Who Died JANUARY 12TH 1953

AGED 87 YEARS

 

 

ALSO THEIR SON

DENNIS

WHO DIED AUGUST 19TH 1948

AGED 48 YEARS

DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MARJORIE

 

 

ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER DORA

Who Died JULY 24TH 1952

AGED 56 YEARS

 

 

ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER

 EVA

Who Died APRIL 14TH 1913

AGED 21 YEARS

 

W 1893

 

W ?

 

 

Other SHATFORD gravestones:

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

TO THE MEMORY OF

REBECCA SHATFORD

DIED FEBRUARY 27TH 1837

AGED 27 YEARS

 

[lots more inscription, but illegible]

 

 

 

Plaque on wall outside old hospital, near war memorial,

and adjacent to entrance to Weekley Parish Church graveyard [note SERVED not DIED]:

 

The Names of Those from This Place Who Served in the Great War 1914 – 1919

James Shatford

Harold Shatford

Alfred Shatford

Dennis Shatford

 

Research and transcription performed on 10 February 2005 by David Paul Shatford

© David Paul Shatford 2005