Title:
Monumental inscriptions at St Lawrence, Bradfield, and Mill Lane Cemetery, Bradfield
Level: Category
Miscellaneous
Level: Fonds
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS RECORDED BY ESSEX SOCIETY FOR FAMILY HISTORY
Scope and Content:
Monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St Lawrence and in Mill Lane Cemetery, recorded c.1985.
Includes index of names; index of occupations; plan of church, churchyard and cemetery.
Monuments in churchyard include war memorial, presented 1918 by Sir Edwin Dunning, to men of Bradfield who served (not merely those killed) in First World War; memorial to his son Edwin Harris Dunning of HMS Furious (also commemorated in the church), killed 1917 after becoming 'the first officer to land an aeroplane successfully on the deck of a ship underway'; memorial to Alfred Barlow, (born Blackmore 1836, died Ipswich 1906) 'the recognized Father of the Press in the late Orange Free State, and for many years a ... member of the Volksraad of that Republic'.
Monuments in church include memorials to men of Horsley Cross Hamlet who served and died in First and Second World Wars (removed 1972 from St John's Church, Horsley Cross); list of vicars.
Dates of Creation:
c.1989
Extent:
1 volume

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Aviation Memorial at Bradfield to Edwin H. Dunning (died 1917), naval aviator
Subjects Cemeteries Monumental inscriptions in Mill Lane Cemetery, Bradfield, recorded c.1989
Subjects Clergy Memorials in Bradfield church, recorded c.1989, include list of vicars
Subjects First World War War memorial, Horsley Cross Hamlet, recorded c.1985
Subjects First World War War memorial, Horsley Cross Hamlet, recorded c.1985
Subjects Naval forces Memorial at Bradfield to Edwin H. Dunning (died 1917), naval aviator
Subjects Newspapers Memorial at Bradfield to ‘the recognized Father of the Press in the late Orange Free State', 1906
Subjects Second World War War memorial, Horsley Cross Hamlet, recorded c.1985.
Subjects War memorials Bradfield, First World War (and Horsley Cross, First and Second World Wars), recorded c.1985
Personal Names Alfred
Barlow 		Bradfield, 1906
Personal Names Edwin Harris
Dunning 		naval aviator, Bradfield, 1917
Personal Names Sir
Edwin
Dunning 		Bradfield, 1918
Place Names Africa, South Africa, Orange Free State Memorial at Bradfield to former member of Volksraad, 1906
Place Names Church of St John
Mistley, Horsley Cross 		War memorial removed to church of St. Lawrence, Bradfield, 1972
Place Names Church of St Lawrence
Bradfield 		Monumental inscriptions in church and churchyard, recorded c.1985
Place Names Mill Lane
Bradfield 		Monumental inscriptions in cemetery, recorded c.1985.
Place Names Mill Lane
Bradfield 		Monumental inscriptions in cemetery, recorded c.1985.
Document Types Monumental inscriptions Bradfield, church and churchyard of St. Lawrence, and Mill Lane Cemetery, recorded c.1985
Institutions Church of England Monumental inscriptions at St. Lawrence, Bradfield, recorded c.1985
Institutions Essex Society for Family History Monumental inscriptions at Bradfield recorded by, c.1985
Institutions HMS Furious Memorial at Bradfield to Edwin Dunning, naval aviator, died 1917
Institutions Orange Free State Memorial at Bradfield to former member of Volksraad, died 1906