Title:
Monumental inscriptions at St Margaret, Stanford Rivers, and Congregational Chapel Ground
Level: Category
Miscellaneous
Level: Fonds
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS RECORDED BY ESSEX SOCIETY FOR FAMILY HISTORY
Scope and Content:
Includes copy of pen and ink drawing of the church by Charles Grigg Tait, notes on the church, indexes of persons, places in and out of Essex, and occupations.
Plans of graveyard and church showing position of graves

Memorials in the churchyard include Robert Peter Walters Voss died on active service 10 July 1943, buried in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]; Harold Cashel Thomas MA, Rector 1959-1964 died 1972; Revd John Ishmael Thomas, Rector 1901-1933; Comyns Owers, missing in Egypt 25 November 1917 aged 21; Jessie Jane Stidworthy, loving mother of 3 boys on the Roll of Honour [Ernest, Frank and Thomas Staines?], died 25 June 1917; George Herbert Martin CBE MA, CMS Missionary in South Sudan and Palestine, Chaplain RAFVR, Provost of All Saints Cathedral Khartoum and Archdeaon of North Sudan, Ethipopia, Aden and Somalias, Vicar of Hatfield Broad Oak, died 1974; (CWGC) 1151557 Sergt Pilot Victor George Pledge RAFVR killed on active service 29 April 1941 aged 20; William Edmund Millbank killed 6 October 1916 aged 28; Sarah Ann Mumford of Chigwell, died 27 June 1856; John Miller Mumford of Stanford Rivers and Chigwell, died 1878; Philip Douglas John Hinman, Lieut 52nd Light Infantry (Airborne), died 16 May 1943 aged 21; William Smith, for upward of 50 years inhabitant of Aldgate Ward in the City of London, died 1847 aged 75; Reginald Moxon Armitage - Noel Gay, died 1954, composer of light music under the name Noel Gay including 'Run Rabbit Run' and 'The Lambeth Walk'; William Henry Twynham, churchwarden died 2001; Robert Pickett, died 1809 Clerk of the parish for 56 years; (CWGC) 269518 Private William Attridge, Hertfordshire Regiment died 2 October 1918 aged 40; Revd Thomas Gardiner, Rector, died 2005; Matthew Playle of Stanford Hall, died 1793 and his family; Fishpool Nevile, died 1839; Charles Gage, wheelwright, died 1803 aged 52; John Bull, citizen and haberdasher of London 1709 aged 66; William Bird, carpenter died 1720 or 1729.

Memorials inside the church include David Theodore Cullum, Rector 1974-1984; James Richard Furze JP CC of Stanford Rivers Hall, 16 years churchwarden, died 1941; War Memorials 1914-1918 and 1939-1945; Thomas Grene 1535; John Muir Elliott, Rector 1946-1948; Lucy Petre daughter of William Petre 1637; Thomas Grevile, son of Giles Grevile of London, merchant died 1492; Henry William Millbank, churchwarden 1906-1950; Robert Borrow and Alys his wife, 1503; John Petre son of William Petre and Penelope his wife, died 1697; Revd Charles Gibbs, formerly fellow of Merton College, Oxford, went into exile with Charles II and on his restoration was appointed Rector of Stanford Rivers which he held for 20 years, died 1681; Katherine Mulcaster wife of Richard Mulcaster, rector, married for 50 years, died 1609; Revd Henry Tattam DD FRS late Archdeacon of Bedford and Rector, died 1868; Rev J H Ward, Rector 1949-1958; Hon George William Petre of Bell-house, second son of Edward Lord Petre, died 1797 and other members of the Petre family; Edward William Pascoe, Sergt Pilot, RAF, died 19 June 1940; Robert Rolleston, 33 years Rector of this parish, died 1901; William Webb of Hatfield Broad Oak, born Stanford Rivers 1756, died of typhus fever 1825; Anne Dapper, wife of William Dapper, gentleman and daughter of William Shelton, died 1584; list of Rectors.

At the Congregational Chapel Ground, plaque marking site of the chapel where Stanford Rivers Congregational Chapel stood and where David Livingstone, missionary and explorer preached in 1839.
Dates of Creation:
2009
Extent:
1 volume
Creator Name:
Essex Society for Family History

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects First World War War memorial, Stanford Rivers
Subjects First World War War memorial, Stanford Rivers
Subjects Second World War War memorial, Stanford Rivers
Subjects War memorials First World War and Second World War, Stanford Rivers
Document Types Monumental inscriptions Stanford Rivers, recorded 2009
Institutions Essex Society for Family History Monumental inscriptions, Stanford Rivers