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Some Memorial Inscriptions - Armitage with Handsacre, Staffordshire St John the Baptist's Churchyard Collected by Alf Beard, Rosemary Lockie, and others. See Derbyshire GENUKI Service Providers for contact details.

St John the Baptist's Church

Armitage parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. It was founded in AD 1160, and belongs to the Diocese of Lichfield.

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The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 19th February 2008. Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c. A1. Charlotte SIMMONS Hill House, 12 December 1882, 58 Jonathan SCAFE 7 January 1887, 66 Susan, w, 29 January 1899, 79 A2. William WATKISS 16 April 1893, 52 Eliza, w, 18 February 1924, 83 Frederick William, s, 23 October 1881, 5yrs A3. Albert James WATKISS Of Cannock, 4 January 1950, 65 Mary Isabel, w, 5 December 1954, 71 A4. Emily, w/o Israel ALLDRITT 26 May 1943, 76 Israel, above, 1 July 1956, 81 A5. Henry RIDLEY, 1 February 1938, 75 Jane Rebecca, w, 28 December 1939, 81 A6. Thomas Edwin MORECROFT 19 September 1938, Alice LEVER, w, 23 November 1952 A7. Ann, w/o Samuel MORECROFT 11 September 1839 - 20 May 1896 Samuel, above, 12 September 1934, 84 A8. Sarah, w/o Henry MORECROFT of Handsacre, 24 January 1885, 38 Elizabeth Jane, d, 10 October 1967, 89 A9. Thomas MORECROFT of Handsacre, 15 June 1885, 64 A10. Eliza CARTHY, 31 March 1897, 70 A11. Alfred George WILLIAMS 20 April 1896, 51 A12. Edwin WILLIAMS 12 May 1886, 70 Elizabeth WILLIAMS, 15 March 1916, 95 A13. George DOBBS, 23 December 1882, 78 A14. Samuel WALLBANK 29 November 1896, 77 Susannah, w, 6 February 1904, 56 A15. George Henry DAWSON 5 March 1950, 76 Mary Maria, w, 8 August 1948, 84 A16. Thomas WOOD, 24 January 1870, 61 Phoebe Eliza, w, 8 May 1871, 49 A17. Daniel FOWKE, 24 August 1867, 61 Thomas, s, died an infant A18. John SHARROD, 14 March 1825, 80 Sarah, w, 23 August 1818, 80 A19. John ROBINSON age 67 He was for forty three years an honest, industrious and a faithful Servant in the family of Thomas Henry LISTER, Esq of Armitage Park in this parish by whom this stone is erected. J.R. was unfortunately drowned in the Canal while returning home on the night of September 28, 1827, 1837 or 1857 [Auth: the stonemason has made a bit of a mess with the 2, 3, 5] A20. Charles Eric IZZARD 29 March 1936, 26 Thomas Stanley IZZARD [interred at Rugby] 8 December 1936, 33 A21. Elizabeth, w/o John ROBINSON Who after a long and painful illenfs [illness] was taken from her afflicted friends 13 March 1843, 41 A22. Jane, w/o Josiah ATKINS Late of Yoxall, 9 June 1856, 76 A23. Elizabeth, w/o William WEATE 27 June 1847, 63 also of two of their children Catharine, 14 June 1835, 21 Caroline, 18 August 1845, 23 This stone is erected by their daughter Rosanna A24. Mary, w/o Joseph TALBUT And d/o Thomas & Dorothy ACERS 6 July 1828, 52 A25. [Auth: the middle of this stone has eroded And part of the inscription is missing] Thomas ACRES, late of Armitage 19 May 1792, 52 also [missing] daughter 19 March 1787, 19 A26. Sarah, w/o George COTGRAVE 15 August 1857, 35 A27. George DOBBS, 23 December 1882, 78 A28. George WALTHO, 3 March 1907, 74 Eliza, w, 6 April 1907, 75 A29. Althea Amelia DUNN, 21 May 1883, 22 A30. Anne, w/o Joseph PHILLIPS of Park Farm, Armitage 19 March 1897, 66 Joseph, above, late of Park Farm 24 March 1901, 67 A31. John SWINBURN late of Handfacre [Handsacre], 1ft March 1788, Alfo, Mary, w, 14 April 1784 A32. Mary, d/o John & Mary SWINBURN 26th July 1767, 17 A33. William JOHNSON, 20 May 1789, 24 A34. James ROBINSON, 6 February 1827 age [eroded] A35. Sarah ROBINSON, 28 June 1828, [looks like] 28 A36. Margaret, d/o Samuel & Ann LYON 15 August 1840, 16 Charles BUTTERY, grandson 27 March 1853, 12 A37. Ann, w/o Samuel LYON of this parish, 26 May 1856, 61 A38. Mark EVANS late of Armitage and of Margaret his wife He, 10 September 1727, 57 She, 19 October 1757, 78 [Auth: next inscription has parts have eroded] Ma **, son, 30 December 1799, age ** A39. [Auth: most of the inscription has eroded] John EVANS late of Armitage 18 August 17**, 40 Also, [eroded], North, [eroded] Mary, [all eroded] A40. William Southall BROWN Formerly of this parish who died at Newport, Salop 16 August 1897, 80 Catherine, w who died at Newport, Salop, 13 March 1913, 88 A41. Elizabeth Charlotte, w/o Gamaliel WILSON of Handsacre 14 February 1860, 60 A42. Isaac JACKSON, 27 July 1841, 62 A43. Elizabeth, d/o William & Catharine BROWN 9 June 1854, 4yrs Catharine, d, 22 March 1861, 14 A44. Thomas BROWN Late of this parish, 22 April 1802, 85 Mary Ann, w, 10 April 1853, 64 Also Sarah [stone has sunk] A45. Mary, w/o Matthew WARREN of Armitage, 21 January 1874, 62 A46. Matthew WARREN, 5 August 1897, 89 James WARREN, 8 July 1901, 88 Dorothy DAVIES, sister of above 21 March 1908, 75 A47. Julia Elizabeth, w/o Thomas BIRCH of Armitage Lodge 6 November 1814 - 2 February 1890, 75 A48. Thomas John BIRCH of Armitage Lodge 4 October 1808 - 4 May 1895, 86 A49. George. h/o Edith QUINBY 24 January 1945, 65 Churchwarden of this parish for 21 years Edith Sarah, above, 26 April 1952, 73 A50. Elizabeth, w/o Henry BROUGH 20 November 1889, 66 Henry BROUGH, above 8 November 1901, 79 Gladys E. SMITH, grandchild 11 June 1897, 6 months A51. James BARTLETT 8 October 1888, 50 Anna, w, 7 January 1932, 90 Ethel, grandchild 1 September 1897, 17 months A52. Edward CLARK 16 December 1856 - 26 July 1932 A53. Hannah CLARK 13 August 1855 - 28 July 1936 A54. John JACKSON, 18 April 1903, 83 Sabrin, w, 12 December 1889, 74 Also children of above Henry, 26 June 1868, 19 Isaac, 8 January 1872, 28 Amos, 14 November 1873, 27 Sampson, 15 July 1897, 59 Matilda, 30 April 1900, 56 A55. Mary Ann, w/o Edward PRODGER 27 March 1919, 79 Edward, above, 2 April 1921, 78 A56. Joshua JACKSON of Wolverhampton, 2 January 1884, 69 Anne, w, 26 April 1872, 66 A57. Thomas HANDY, 2 December 1875, 67 A58. Ann HANDY of Armitage 30 July 1894, 95 A59. Joanna HANDY, d/o Thomas & Ann HANDY 20 May 1854, 16

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