The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 19th September 2005.
Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
Note: Plots A1-A10 commemorate those who lost their lives in worst mining
disaster in Staffordshire "Minnie Pit", at Halmerend, 12 January 1918. 155
miners died, 144 by Carbon Monoxide and 11 by the force of the explosion.
Robert BUSHELL,
Halmerend, 7 March 1892, 37
Lily, d, 22 May 1886, 2yrs & 5 months
Harry, s/o William & Emily MOSS,
Who lost his life in the Minnie Pitt Disaster,
12 Jan 1918, 21
George Henry, h/o Beatrice JEBB,
Of Chester Rd, Audley,
Who lost his life in the Minnie Pit[t] Disaster,
12 Jan 1918, 30
Percy, s/o John & Elizabeth JEBB,
Who lost his life in the
Minnie Pit[t] Disaster, 12 Jan 1918, 23
John William, h/o Doris JEBB,
25 Sept 1900, 49 [Auth: the 1st "0" in the 1900, has been corrected from
what to what. It shows an "8 or a 6" in the middle]
Frank Edward JEBB, h/o Margaret 1 Jan 1913 - 27 Oct 1980
Margaret, w/o Frank, 1915 - 2003
Julia Margaret, their d, 1946 - 1993
John KESTEVEN, h/o Catherine,
Heathcote Rd, Halmerend, 7 March 1911, 40
Kate, d, 25 March 1911, 9 months
William KESTEVEN, s,
Who lost his life in the Minnie Pitt Disaster,
12 Jan 1918, 15
Catherine, the above, 27 March 1947, 77
David, h/o Ethel Ann BURGESS,
Ravens Lane, Bignall End,
Who lost his life in the Minnie Pitt Disaster,
12 Jan 1918, 44
Ethel Ann, the above, 24 Oct 1929, 54
George Bailey, s/o George & Emily DEAN,
Madews Green, Halmerend, 29 Feb 1896, 22
Leonard DEAN, s, Sgt in the 9th North Staffs Regt,
KiA, in France, 20 Sept 1917, 25
Jesse, h/o Harriet DEAN,
410 Heathcote Rd, Miles Green,
who lost his life in the Minnie Pitt Disaster,
12 Jan 1918, 26
Harry, h/o Elizabeth DEAN,
24 High St, Alsagers Bank,
who lost his life in the Minnie Pitt Disaster,
12 Jan 1918, 32
Lily, d/o Eli & Jane E. HENSHALL,
Rocket Villa, Miles Green,
18 April 1890, 4 yr
Arthur, s, who was killed in the
Minnie Pit[t] Explosion, 12 Jan 1918, 22
William Alfred, s/o William & Sarah BROUGH,
28 Booth Street, Audley, 30 July 1910, 23
Pte George Herbert, s, KiA, in France,
29 Sept 1915, 24
William Alfred, the above, 10 May 1942, 79
Sarah, the above, 8 Oct 1958, 89
Thomas, s/o William & Alice HUGHES,
2 Nov 1897, 17
William HUGHES, 24 May 1902, 50
Alice, the above, 12 Feb 1930, 74
Arnold, s, died in Mesopot, 22 Aug 1917, 28
Sarah, w/o John THACKER,
And d/o George & Hannah HAYES of Audley,
21 Feb 1919, 68
Arthur Colin THACKER,
2nd Batt Grenadier Guards, KiA France, 25 Sept 1916, 24
John, the above, 10 Feb 1937, 79
Katherine Mary, d, 18 Mar 1984, 78
George Frederick EVANS,
Who was killed in the Cresford [Gresford] Colliery Disaster,
22 Sept 1934, 56
Annie Amelia, w, 29 Nov 1924, 46
Thomas Henry JONES, son in law,
Who was killed in the Holditch Colliery Disaster,
2 July 1937, 28 [Ed: there is a memorial to the Gresford Disaster in
the
Church of All Saints, Gresford, North Wales]
Able Seaman, Leonard BEECH,
h/o Millicent, who died on active service,
7 Feb 1944, 32
Millicent, w, 3 Aug 1964, 52
Gladys May BEECH, 4 Nov 1993, 85
Richard BEECH, 7 Feb 2000, 92
William, s/o Samuel & Dinah CORK,
Ravens Lane, Audley, 15 Dec 1902, 26
Samuel CORK, who was Entombed
in the Diglake [Colliery] Disaster, 1895, 38
George, s, who lost his life in
the Jamage [Colliery] Explosion, 25 Nov 1911, 22
Dinah, the above, 4 Aug 1912, 55
Eli Highfield, s/o Eli & Mary TURNER,
Of Halmerend, 19 Feb 1903, 22
William Highfield, h/o Catherine TURNER,
Of The Railway Hotel, Halmerend,
17 June 1906, 34
Frank, s, 27 July 1923, 32
Eli, h/o Mary M. TURNER, 27 Dec 1925, 77
Albert, h/o Sarah Ann DURBER,
Heathcote St, Wood Lane, 29 Jan 1910, 41
Harold, s, 28 April 1894, 16
Maud, d, 17 Sept 1911, 9yrs
Sarah Ann, the above, 22 Sept 1919, 50
William RILEY,
Of Wood Lane, 5 Jan 1897, 72
Elizabeth, w, 15 Sept 1896, 66
Lydia, d, 12 Dec 1893, 21
John s, who lost his life in the
Diglake Disaster, 14 Jan 1895, 46
Eleanor, d/o William RILEY,
2 Sept 1937, 72
William PLATT,
Of Wood Lane, Audley,
18 Feb 1893, 63
Ann, w, 8 Jan 1909, 78
Edna, w/o Samuel PLATT,
Ivy House Farm, Loggerheads,
23 March 1947, 87
Samuel, the above, 18 Feb 1951, 91
George HOLLINS,
Ravens Lane, 11 March 1907, 79
Jane, w, of Raven's Lane, Audley,
14 July 1897, 66
Mary Ann FOX, w/o James FOX,
And d/o of the above, of Albert St, Audley,
27 Oct 1891, 31
James FOX, the above, 27 March 1898, 40
Henry HODGKINSON,
Wood Lane, 5 Oct 1891, 49
Alfred, s, who lost his life in the
Diglake Disaster, 14 Jan 1895, 15
Harriet, d, 12 March 1908, 21
Harriet, w/o the above, 11 Feb 1924, 75
Edith Mary, d/o Thomas & Henrietta DODD,
Of Audley, 27 April 1891, 1yr & 11 months
Thomas DODD, 7 Oct 1897, 41
Lyndon KEATES, d/o the above, 5 Feb 1901, 22
Eliza Ann, w/o George MOORCROFT
Of Audley, 4 April 1891, 22
Also the beloved son of ... [Auth: No name was given for this child]
Samuel & Ann GOODIER,
19 Aug 1882, 7yrs,
Samuel GOODIER, 2 Sept 1904, 60
Ann GOODIER, w, 7 March 1909, 60
Catherine (Kitty) GOODIER, 8 Feb 1913, 31
John, h/o Betsy DODD,
Of Rose Cottage, Audley, 18 Feb 1919, 66
Betsy, the above, 14 Jan 1936, 82
Arthur, s, died in infancy, 5 May 1885
Florence, d, 10 Nov 1931, 54
Isaac RILEY (son in law)
KiA in France, 3 May 1918, 32
Interred at Hedauville Cemetery
He gave his life for his friends
Catherine, w/o John MENEELY,
12 Dec 1893, 32
James, s, KiA at Tanganyika, East Africa,
21 March 1916, 24
John Lawrence, s, died in infancy
Kathleen, w/o Frank SUMNALL,
Of Halmerend, 10 Sept 1946, 54
L.T. (Lionel), s/o Thomas & Louisa RICHARDSON,
Wesley Place, Halmerend, 15 June 1887, 28
Emma Jane, d, & w/o Isaac BRINDLEY,
14 Nov 1906, 38
Thomas, h/o Louisa, 30 Dec 1910, 76
Louisa RICHARDSON, w/o late Thomas,
10 Feb 1835 - 11 Dec 1926
2nd Lt, Alfred George SAUNDERS,
KiA in France, 30 July 1916, 22
George SAUNDERS, J.P. 11 July 1917, 35
Charlotte Ellen (Nellie) w/o Ernest DALE,
of The Firs, Alsager, 26 May 1948, 83
Martha, w/o Samuel M. BEECH,
Of Newcastle, 26 Feb 1894, 30
Harold D, son, 2 Aug 1891, 7 months
Nancy, w, 15 July 1926, 66
Samuel Morris h/o the aboved named,
And Hannah BEECH of 32 Booth St, Chesterton,
8 Feb 1938, 77
Hannah, the above, 5 Feb 1948
Frederick Lawrence CORK, h/o Maria,
of The Hollies, Audley, 17 Feb 1919, 63
Maria, the above, 23 Dec 1930, 76
Harry Burgess, s/o P.L & Maria CORK,
12 June 1908, 19, interred at Dhambaid Cemetery, India,
Stella Jane, d/o Brenda (nee CORK) & Michael WERRETT,
27 Sept 1971, 3yrs
Arthur William Stanley CORK, s,
died of wounds, 18 Oct 1918, 26
Interred at Dartmoor Cemetery, Bercordel, France
William, s/o Joseph & Sarah CARTER,
16 April 1856, 3yrs
Ann, infant d, 27 Feb 1859
George, s, 7 Aug 1863, 6yrs
Annice, d, 3 Nov 1868, 6yrs
Sarah, d, 28 Oct 1877, 9yrs
Joseph the above, 20 Feb 1886, 61
Sarah, the above, 5 April 1908, 78
Daniel DARLINGTON,
Diglake St, Audley,
Who lost his life in the Jamage [Colliery] Explosion,
In 1876, age 26
Mary MILLINGTON, his wife, 16 April 1923, 68
Martha Elizabeth, d, 25 Jan 1932, 55
Alfred TOMKINSON,
Who lost his life in the Talk-oth-Hill Colliery,
13 Dec 1866, 31
Mary CARTER, w/o above, 12 May 1884, 50
Emma, w/o George William TOMKINSON,
Of George St, Audley, 16 July 1932, 69
George William, h/o Emma TOMKINSON,
16 March 1952, 91
Fanny VAUGHN,
Of Wood Lane in the parish,
23 May 1857, 77
Joseph VAUGHN, h, for many years
Game Keeper to the late R.E. HEATHCOTE, Esq,
Of Apedale Hill, 18 July 1861, 80
Sarah DEACON, d, 23 Feb 1881, 72
Isaac TAYLOR,
Ravens Lane, 15 Aug 1873, 33
Alice, d/o Isaac & Elizabeth TAYLOR,
5 June 1868, 3 weeks
Henry, s, 4 Nov 1868, 3 yrs
John Henry, s, 17 Aug 1872, 2 months
Annie Elizabeth, d, 7 Sept 1877, 7 yrs
Isaac Taylor WALKER, grandson,
27 Jan 1879, 3 months
John JONES,
Of Boon Hill, 9 Feb 1883, 75
Martha, w, 15 Jan 1839, 25
William, s, 14 Nov 1838, 2 months
Mary Gray, 2nd w/o John JONES,
16 Jan 1883, 72
William JONES,
Of The Gresley Arms, Alsagers Bank,
13 Dec 1837, 60
Catherine, w, 14 April 1869, 84
Sarah COOPER,
Of Eardley Hall, 31 Oct 1874, 83
Ellen, d/o William & Ellen COOPER,
25 Feb 1889, 19
William COOPER, 23 Feb 1905, 82
Ellen, the above, 3 Jan 1909, 75
Mary, w/o William REEVES,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
21 Aug 1877, 72
William, h/o the above, who died at
West Brampton, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
21 March 1886, 83
Anastasia, d, & w/o Robert J. BAYLES,
Who died at Aston, Birmingham,
29 Jan 1893, 49
Alice Maud, d/o John & Mary Ann COOPER,
6 March 1903, 35
Joseph WHITTLE,
Alsagers Bank, 2 Nov 1881, 63
Elizabeth, w, 2 Jan 1900, 79
Ethel Whittle SPODE,
Only d/o Samuel & Dorothy SPODE,
Of Halmerend, 1 Aug 1893 - 24 Oct 1923
Frederick, h/o Mary LEES,
Ravens Lane, Bignall End,
Who lost his life in the Jamage [Colliery] Explosion,
25 Nov 1911, 58
Mary, the above, 20 April 1934, 81
Minnie, d, 5 Feb 1951, 72
Robert, s/o Thomas & Mary SANDERSON,
And grandson of John & Margaret YOUNG,
22 Oct 1879, 12
Margaret, w/o John YOUNG,
Oak Villas, Miles Green, 30 May 1893, 71
William HIGHFIELD,
of Halmerend, 20 April 1882, 83
Elizabeth, w, 24 May 1880, 71
George TURNER,
of Halmer End, s/o Mary M. & Eli TURNER,
31 July 1925, 36
Simon Peter CARTWRIGHT,
Bignall Hill, 28 March 1882, 35
Hannah, w, 8 April 1877, 34
Emma, w/o the above, 12 Aug 1891, 34
John Osman, s, 2 Feb 1883, 3yrs
Annie, d/o Simon Peter & Hannah CARTWRIGHT,
19 March 1872 - 12 Dec 1935
Constance Emma, d, 5 June 1950, 74
Thomas, s/o Samuel & Elizabeth SUMNALL,
Of Halmerend, 17 June 1877, 21
Elizabeth, the above, late of Crofts, Miles Green,
19 June 1891, 63
Samuel, the above, 9 Feb 1907, 81
Ellen, w/o John WHITE,
Albert St, Audley, 9 Jan 1906, 62
John, the above, 26 Aug 1916, 75
John Edmund, youngest son,
12 Sept 1952, 72_
Daniel Ernest, s, 3 Nov 1877, 2yrs & 6 months
Henry, 3rd son, 3 Jan 1955, 77
Benjamin, s/o Joseph & Catherine PENLINGTON,
Of Talk Pitts, who was killed 1 April 1880, 18
Ann PENLINGTON, 10 August 1872, 70
George, youngest s/o Joseph & Catherine,
24 April 1900, 29
Thomas FOX,
Diglake St, Audley, 29 April 1905, 76
Harriet, w, 11 June 1873, 43
Mary, 2nd wife, 1 Oct 1904, 69
Also their children,
John, George, Emma, Elizabeth & Emma
Martha, w/o William GROOM,
29 Sept 1866, 33
Alice, w/o William GROOM,
Of Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent,
11 June 1894, 68
William GROOM, h/o the above,
Died at Miles Green, 29 May 1898, 67
John ROWLEY,
19 July 1899, 67
Sarah, w/o the above, 19 June 1865, 34
Elizabeth, w/o the above, 5 Jan 1876, 25
Mary **** of the above,
20 June 1901, 47 [the next part of the inscription, most have flaked off]
Another wife who died in 1941
And another person??
Samuel PLEVIN, age 27
John PELVIN, his brother, 23
Joseph ASHLEY, brother-in-law to the
Above named, 25. Who lost their lives in
the Bignall-Hill Colliery Explosion, 24 Dec 1874
George PROCTOR
Of Bignall End, 22 Nov 1947, 75
Minnie Elizabeth PROCTOR, w,
14 Sept 1954, 80
Sarah, d/o Richard & Martha BAILEY, [original name was Mary, corrected by the stonemason]
Of Alsager's Bank, 17 Aug 1844, 7 months
Frederick, s, 5 Aug 1861, 14 [stone has sunk]
John TOMKINSON,
Late of Park End, this parish,
15 May 1855, 64
Mary, relict of above, 13 Jan 1876, 77
Emma, d, 31 Dec 1881, 42
Harriet, d, 7 July 1900, 62
John BURGESS, 22 Jan 1810, 51
Samuel BURGESS, brother,
8 Jan 1811, *8 (48?) [Auth: The stonemason has made several corrections
and "*"looks like a very large 4]
Hannah, d/o Samuel & Hannah BURGESS,
Alsagers Bank, this parish, 29 March 1815, 27
Samuel BURGESS, father of the above,
7 Feb 1840, 85
Hannah, the above, 2 June 1844, 89
William BURGESS, 27 Feb 1853, 70
Thomas GREEN,
9 Oct 1829 - 14 Feb 1867
Emma, w, 8 May 1834 - 28 Dec 1921
The children of the above,
Isabella GREEN, Born, 13 Dec 1860, died aged 6 weeks
Moses GREEN, 4 June 1866 - 26 Sept 1899
William GREEN, 9 May 1856 - 26 July 1912,
Buried near, Elizabeth, d, 13 June 1944, 81
Hannah, w/o Thomas MYATT,
Of Jammage Farm, 12 Oct 1816, 26
Mary, d, 10 Dec 1816, 12 weeks
John Stubbs MYATT, s, 30 Dec 1817, 6yrs
Thomas, the above, 3 Aug 1819, 42
Mary, w/o Simon MYATT,
Of Jammage, 2 Nov 1833, 25
Thomas, s/o Simon & Mary MYATT,
17 March 1836, 7yrs
James, s/o Simon & Mary, 13 July 1836, 5yrs
Mary, w/o James BARLOW,
Late of Red Street, 8 Jan 1814, 80
James, the above, 20 Dec 1820, 83
James, s, 14 Nov 1827, 66
Ellen, w/o the above James BARLOW,
26 March 1833, 75
Daniel Thomas, s,
Of Talk-oth-Hill, Musician,
20 Sept 1869, 71
Samuel RILEY,
Of Wood Lane, 30 Sept 1884, 81
Martha, w, 18 Jan 1857, 54
Their children
Emma, 9 March 1831
Simeon, 6 March 1836
Hannah, 7 March 1836
Mary, 29 April 1845
Martha, 5 Dec 1890
The body of Ann & Hannah, daughters,
John & Mary TAYLOR of Boils Hall,
Ann, died 16 Oct 1770, 13
Hannah, 28 Oct 1770, 7yrs
Hannah in her ilnes faid frett not
dear parents for Nancy and me for
If I die we two pretty little Angells, shall bee
Ann their daughter was interred, 25 April 1772, age 8 months
John, s, 9 March 1777, 10 months
Hannah, d, 5 July 17**, 6yrs
Be ye redy for he cometh at an hour when ye think not
In the memory of sons and daughters of Daniel
and Sarah RILEY, Boonhill, Audley
William RILEY, died 16 Aug 1817, 4 days
Stephen RILEY, died 15 April 1823, age 6 weeks
Caleb and Joshua RILEY, twins, died 22 March 1827, age 9
Ann EMBERTON, [nee RILEY, b. 1819] died 30 Jan 1849, 30
Elisabeth RILEY, [b. 1830] died 21 Dec, 1857, 27
Martha SIMS, [nee RILEY, b. 1833] died 10 March 1860, 27
Joseph COLCLOUGH,
Of Talke Pitts, s/o Enoch & Catherine COLCLOUGH,
10 May 1869, 5yrs
Mary, sister, died at Chesterton, 14 Feb 1874, 26
Catherine, the above, 19 Nov 1875, 59
Enoch, the above, 9 July 1889, 70
Elizabeth, w/o George WEAVER,
Of Audley, 22 Nov 1859, 49
George, the above, 27 Sept 1832, 50
Charles Oswald, s/o Charles & Mary Ann WEAVER,
12 April 1833, 6yrs
Amelia, w/o Joseph BRAYFORD,
Of Silver Dale, 8 Aug 1854, 45
Joseph, the above, 15 Jan 1870, 70
Charles BRAYFORD, 11 April 1910, 78
Emmie BRAYFORD, of Cresley,
14 Feb 1954, 87
The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 7th November 2005.
Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
Edward, husband of Ann DUTTON, of Talk-oth-Hill, 51
Charles DUTTON son, 16
James RIGBY, adopted son of above, 16
They lost their lives in the Talk-oth-Hill [Colliery] Explosion, 13 Dec 1866
The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 17th March 2007.
Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
Here lieth the body of Samuel SCOTT
Of Talk, Senr, who departed this life
April the 17th 1703 aged about 56 years
Likewise the body of Margaret the wife of
Samuel SCOTT of Talk, Jnr. She was interred
The 24th of April Anno Dom, 1745, 75
Alice, w/o John GRAY of Wood Lane
in this parish, 7 Dec 1787, 72
Mary, d, 29 May 1784, 36
John GRAY, above, 30 August 1785, 24
Thomas GRAY of Park Lane in the
Parish of Audley, 30 April 1803, 66
William, s/o Thomas & Martha WILSON
Of The Hollins in the parish of Audley
1st March 1785, 29
Martha, above, of The Hollins,
1 Sept 1786, 70
Thomas WILSON Snr, 19 May 1791, **
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