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Memorial Inscriptions at St James
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Grave: 1   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Post
_LES RAW T_
PRIEST
BALDERSTONE-IN-?
1911-1941
_D 28th JULY
AGED 68 YEARS
R.I.P
HILDA, H_
29th JANUARY
AGED 79 YEARS
Notes: [words are engraved round a cylindrical post so some letters are hidden. Other evidence suggests that the name is Rev Charles Raw Thomas]
Grave: 2   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In Cherished
Memory of
MY BELOVED HUSBAND
WALTER SCOTT WARNES
WHO PASSED AWAY JAN 21ST. 1940
AGED 32 YEARS.
Grave: 3   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
SWEET AND CHERISHED
MEMORY OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
THOMAS CALDWELL
OCTOBER 18TH. 1935.
OUR BELOVED MOTHER
AGNES CALDWELL,
NOVEMBER 23RD. 1966
THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER
EVELYN AGNES BENT,
A DEARLY LOVED WIFE
MOTHER & FRIEND
FEBRUARY 23RD. 1978.
Grave: 4   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
SACRED TO
THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF
PHYLLIS WATTON
BELOVED WIFE OF
JAMES KENNETH ALLISON,
WHO RETURNED HOME NOV. 8TH. 1931,
AGED 34 YEARS
'LOVED BY ALL''
Grave: 5   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
IN LOVING? MEMORY? OF
MY DEAR WIFE
ELLEN DAVENPORT,
WHO DIED FEB. 13TH. 1938
AGED 48 YEARS.
ALSO LEONARD THOMAS
DAVENPORT,
HER BELOVED HUSBAND
WHO DIED AUG. 9TH. 1971 AGED 81 YEARS.
Notes: [first line of inscription is partly concealed by grass]
Grave: 6   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
IN LOVING MEMORY
CATHERINE SISLEY KING
BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM GORDON
DIED 13TH? MAY 1980
AGED 64 YEARS
Grave: 7   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
FLORENCE BOYLE,
DIED 11TH APRIL 1963
AGED 51 YEARS.
ALSO HER BELOVED HUSBAND
JOHN ARTHUR BOYLE
DIED 16TH MAY 1964
AGED 58 YEARS
Grave: 8   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
IN
MEMORY OF
A LOVING FATHER & MOTHER
SAMUEL JOHN GROOCOCK
DIED 10TH. FEB. 1963
AGED 58 YEARS.
ELLEN MARY GROOCOCK
DIED 28TH. JAN 1974
AGED 61 YEARS
Grave: 9   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In
Loving Memory
Of
JOHN ROBERT MITCHELL
Died 7th April 1973
Aged 84 Years.
Also
MARGARET JANE
His Dearly Beloved Wife
Died 3rd July 1980
Aged 91 Years
Grave: 10   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In Loving Memory of
RICHARD,
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
DOROTHY ATKINSON
DIED JUNE 22ND. 1967.
DOROTHY,
BELOVED WIFE OF
RICHARD,
DIED SEPT 23RD. 2001
TOGETHER FOREVER
Notes: [The gravestone resembles an open book with one name and dates on each 'page']
Grave: 11   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
TREASURED
MEMORIES
OF
JOSEPH RIGBY
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND & FATHER
BORN 4TH FEBRUARY 1869
DIED 9TH JULY 1957
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
AND OF
MAUD FOAN RIGBY
HIS BELOVED WIFE
AMD A DEVOTED MOTHER
BORN 21ST APRIL 1879
DIED 13TH APRIL 1965
RE-UNITED AND IN THY CARE
NORA RIGBY
BORN 17.3.1917 DIED 23.1.20__
REST IN PEACE
Grave: 12   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone?
? OF
CHARLES? MORTIMER
BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER
DIED 10 FEBRUARY 1956
AGED 77 YEARS
FLORENCE? LILY MORTIMER
BELOVED? WIFE AND MOTHER
DIED ? FEBRUARY 1973
AGED 90 YEARS
Notes: [Top line is concealed by grass]
Grave: 13   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
EILEEN MARY WRIGHT
DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER
DIED 30 OCTOBER 1959
AGED 45? YEARS.
Grave: 14   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FRANK HOWE
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF LILLIE
A LOVING FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
WHO DIED JAN 7TH 1959
AGED 65 YEARS
TILL WE MEET AGAIN
ALSO LILLIE HIS BELOVED WIFE
A LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
WHO DIED DEC 20TH 1974
AGED 86 YEARS
Grave: 15   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatsone
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN CUNLIFFE
A DEARLY LOVED
HUSBAND AND FATHER
DIED 27TH JUNE 1960
AGED 51? YEARS
ALSO?
BESSIE
A DEARLY? LOVED? _NA
DIED 27TH? MAY 2003
AGED 94? YEARS
Grave: 16   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING
MEMORY
OF
JAMES SMITH,
WHO DIED 19. MAY 1956
AGED 57 YEARS.
AT REST.
ALSO ELSIE MAY,
DEARLY BELOVED
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 19. FEB. 1980
AGED 81 YEARS.
AT REST.
DEAR MUM AND DAD
TOGETHER ONCE MORE
Grave: 17   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
WITH LOVE WE REMEMBER
EDITH LAKER
WHO DIED 29 JANUARY 1952
AGED 47 YEARS
WIFE OF CHARLES.
ALSO THOMAS MASSEY
(ROYAL MARINES)
KILLED AT JUTLAND
MAY 31. 1916. AGE 18 YRS.
ALSO THOMAS MASSEY
DIED SEPT. 11 1956. AGE 85.
AND MARY ANN MASSEY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANUARY 21. 1960
AGE 89.
BELOVED PARENTS OF THE ABOVE
Grave: 18   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
HEYWORTH
TREASURED MEMORIES OF
SAM
BELOVED HUSBAND OF LILIAN
DIED 20 JUNE 1955 AGED 71 YEARS
 
ALSO NORMAN WILLIAM
THEIR DEAR GRANDSON
DIED 5 JAN 1946 AGED 2 MONTHS
AT REST
ALSO FRANK
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ELSIE M. HEYWORTH
DIED 6 MAY 1960 AGED 46 YEARS
DEAR FATHER OF PATRICIA AND FRANK?
Grave: 19   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
BERTRAM ROBINSON
DIED FEB. 14TH 1946, AGED 56 YEARS.
ALSO HIS WIFE
MARY ANN,
DIED APRIL 18TH 1964, AGED 77 YEARS.
Grave: 20   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
? MEMORY OF ?
WIFE? OF CLIFFORD ROBINSON
MARCH? 16TH? 1946? AGED 70 YEARS
?Y LOVED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
? 3RD 1949, AGED 78 YEARS
Notes: [This inscription is partially obscured]
Grave: 21   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
?
ALICE THE DEARLY LOVED?
WHO PASSED AWAY
ALSO? CLIFFORD
WHO? PASSED AWAY
Notes: [top line is worn; most words are obscured or illegible]
Grave: 22   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In Loving Memory Of
ELIZA ANN
BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN HALFORD RAWLINS
WHO DIED 11th FEB 1944 in her 74th year
ALSO THE ABOVE
JOHN HALFORD RAWLINS
WHO DIED 18TH MARCH 1946 IN HIS 83RD YEAR
'WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE''
Grave: 23   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
SAM. S. H. PRICE
DIED JUNE 2ND 1812 AGED 16 MONTHS
BULKELEY PRICE
DIED JULY 9TH 1814 AGED 1 MONTH
CATHERINE GRIFFITH PRICE
DIED SEP 14TH 1819 AGED 2 MONTHS
WILLIAM BULKELEY PRICE
DIED AUGUST 1823 AGED 3 MONTHS
Grave: 24   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
JOHN THOMAS PRICE
DIED AUGUST 1864 AGED ?
 
ELLEN BULKELEY PRICE
DIED APRIL 14 1863 AGED 19?
 
MARY WIFE OF JOHN THOMAS PRICE
DIED NOVEMBER 30 1865 AGED 47 YEARS
 
EDITH ISABELLA PRICE
DIED MARCH 30 1898 AGED 51 YEARS
Grave: 25   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
FLORENCE HARRIS,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
THOMAS L. CROSSLEY,
DIED JUNE 9TH 1946
AGED 50 YEARS
Grave: 26   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
A TOKEN OF LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE
TO A BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER
LEONARD RAWLING
WHO DIED 9TH? AUG 1946 AGED 66? YEARS
ALSO BERTHA HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE
WHO DIED 23RD AUG 1948? AGED 70 YEARS
Grave: 27   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Tiered Blocks
WILLIAM ROYLE
DIED JUNE 5TH 1923
AGED 62 YEARS
'I AM CONTINUALLY WITH
THEE: THOU HAST HOLDEN ME
BY MY RIGHT HAND.'' PSA. 73.v23.
EMILY THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM ROYLE,
OF RUSHOLME,
DIED JUNE 6TH 1916, AGED 56 YEARS
'SHE LOOKETH WELL TO THE WAYS OF HER HOUSEHOLD
AND EATETH NOT THE BREAD OF IDLENESS''
ALSO OF
CAPTAIN FREDERICK
WILLIAM ROYLE
OF THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT
THEIR BELOVED AND ONLY SON.
DIED OF WOUNDS JULY 8TH 1916
AGED 25 YEARS
BURIED IN FRANCE
'AND HE DELIVERED HIM TO HIS MOTHER.''
TRAVEL? HITHERTO HATH BEEN
? BUT THAT WILL MAKE ?
JOHN? BUNYAN
Grave: 28   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
ARTHUR BULKELEY PRICE?
DIED APRIL 7. 1904
AGED 56 YEARS
ONLY SON OF THE LATE
JOHN THOMAS PRICE J. P.
INTERRED IN THE ADJOINING VAULT
Grave: 29   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
EMILY MARGARET
WIFE OF R J LUXTON KELLAND
AND NIECE OF THE ABOVE
DIED AUGUST 19. 1907
AGED 34 YEARS
Grave: 30   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
Here? Lyeth Interred?
the Body of
Deborah the Very Affectionate
prudent And pious Wife
of Raphe Worsley of Platt
gent? Who deceased
May the 8th 1681
Grave: 31   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
SACRED TO THE BELOVED MEMORY
CHARLES CARILL WORSLEY
OF PLATT
BORN MARCH 9TH 1800
DIED AUGUST 14TH 1864
AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT? OVERCOMETH THE WORLD,
OUR? FAITH I JOHN V
ALSO IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
MARY JANE
WIDOW OF CHARLES CARILL WORSLEY
BORN FEBRUARY 12TH 1817
DIED JUNE 26TH 1872
IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED
II SAMUEL 1.23
Notes: [small letters in two lines at the top of the gravestone are obscured - they are possibly Bible verses]
Grave: 32   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Tiered blocks
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH ANNE
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
BULKELEY PRICE
BORN 1817 DIED ?
ALSO OF HER SISTER
MARGARET GRIFFITH
BORN 1820, DIED 1894
Notes: [Records elsewhere show date of death of Elizabeth Anne as 1892]
Grave: 33   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
TREASURED MEMORIES OF
BERTHA,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM HUXSTEP,
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY 29TH OCT 1942
AGED 61 YEARS
Also
THE ABOVE
WILLIAM HUXSTEP,
WHO PASSED AWAY 29TH APRIL 1945
AGED 66 YEARS.
'RE-UNITED''
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER
DECIMA ESTHER
WHO PASSED AWAY 3RD DEC 2003 AGED 96 YEARS
Grave: 34   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In loving memory of
JOAN SHEPPARD
BAYLEY
1913 - 1965
Grave: 35   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In loving memory of
HUGH BAYLEY
1880 - 1948
Grave: 36   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base
FRANCIS S. BAYLEY
BORN 18TH SEPT 1838
DIED 25TH NOV 1928
ALSO HIS WIFE
MARY ELIZ JANE
BORN 18? MAR? 1841?
DIED ? 2ND 1918?
? SON?
CLIVE? CHRISTIAN
BORN XMAS DAY 1878?
Grave: 37   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD DONNER BART
WHO DIED DECEMBER 29TH 1934 AGED 94 YEARS
AND OF ANNA MARIA DONNER DBE HIS WIFE
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 1ST 1935 AGED 92 YEARS
Grave: 38   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Tiered blocks
JOHN SHAW BUCKLEY
DIED NOVEMBER 2ND 1932
AGED 86 YEARS
ALSO
HANNAH
THE DEAR WIFE OF
JOHN SHAW BUCKLEY
FELL ASLEEP JULY 29TH. 1896
AGED 59? YEARS
ALSO OF EMMA THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE?
Grave: 39   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF
EDITH ?
THE BELOVED WIFE OF HERBERT? HASLEHAM
? DEC 19__
Grave: 40   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
FRANK
HUSBAND OF GLADYS HASLEHAM
Grave: 41   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
COUNT SERGEI
ORESTOVITCH SHTETININ
DIED 28TH. FEB. 1946, AGED 70 YEARS
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
COUNTESS
VERA NICOLAIEVNA
DIED 27TH. MARCH 1969, AGED 87 YEARS
HER EXCELLENCY
MME. MARIE JOSEPHINE
DIED 6TH. AUG. 1955, AGED 90 YEARS
WIDOW OF
ADMIRAL
NICOLAS MATOUSSEVITCH
AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE VERA.
REAR ADMIRAL
LEONARD WARREN MURRAY
C.B. C.B.E. R.C.N.
C-IN-C CANADIAN N.W. ATLANTIC
1943 - 45
DIED 25TH. NOV. 1971, AGED 75 YEARS
ASHES INTERRED ST. PAUL'S GARRISON CHURCH,
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
SON-IN-LAW OF COUNT SHTETININ
BELOVED HUSBAND OF NINA
Grave: 42   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM HENRY BUCKLEY, J. P.
BORN AT DELPH, JULY 8TH. 1836
DIED AT RUSHOLME JULY 3RD. 1911
ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HIS WIFE LOUISA JANE,
WHO PASSED AWAY JANY. 21ST. 1946
Grave: 43   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Tiered blocks
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
CHARLES RICHARD PHILLIPS
WHO DIED JUNE 16TH. 1919, AGED 64 YEARS.
AND OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
ELIZABETH ANN
DIED ? 2ND 1952, AGED ?
ALSO OF CHARLES THEIR SON
WHO DIED DECEMBER 1ST. 1959
AGED 71 YEARS
ALSO EDITH THEIR DAUGHTER
WHO DIED JUNE 22ND. 1966,
AGED 76 YEARS
Notes: [bottom line obscured by plant growth]
Grave: 44   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY ANN
BELOVED WIFE OF
MAGNUS FLETT.
DIED 13TH. JAN. 1972
AGED 78 YEARS.
REST IN PEACE.
ALSO MAGNUS
HER BELOVED HUSBAND
DIED 31ST. MAY 1973
AGED 81 YEARS.
REUNITED.
Grave: 45   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
A DEAR WIFE & MOTHER
EUNICE LANGLEY
DIED 2ND. FEB. 1945? AGED 45 YEARS
ALSO ?
BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
DIED 23RD FEB. 1961? AGED 67? YEARS
Grave: 46   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Tiered blocks
IN MEMORY OF
AMY THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
CHARLES WIEDEMEIER
WHO DIED DECEMBER 12TH. 1925
AGED 31 YEARS
Grave: 47   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
JESU MERCY
SISTER LOUISE C.S.P.C.
APRIL 28TH. 1939.
MOTHER GERTRUDE C.S.P.C.
MAY 26TH. 1940.
Grave: 48   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Block
EDITH J. ASHMORE
DIED MARCH 27TH. 1958
Grave: 49   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In Loving Memory of
ARTHUR HENRY?
THE DEARLY LOVED? HUSBAND OF
JANE REEVES
WHO DIED DEC. 26TH 190_
AGED 40? YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE JANE REEVES
WHO DIED MAY ? 1925?
AGED ? YEARS
Notes: [much of the writing is obscured]
Grave: 50   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
A DEAR MOTHER & FATHER
ELLEN MC.CARTHY.
DIED DEC 10TH. 1946 AGED 63 YEARS.
AND TIMOTHY HER HUSBAND
DIED NOV. 7TH, 1947 AGED 75 YEARS
Grave: 51   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
TO THE LOVING
MEMORY OF
THE REV. H. E. H. COOMBES
LATE RECTOR OF EMMANUEL
CHURCH DIDSBURY M.A. R.D.
AGED 66 YEARS.
THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY HIS
LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE AND
CHILDREN AND OTHER RELATIONS
BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER FOR
LOVE IS OF GOD AND EVERYONE THAT
Notes: [inscription at the bottom is buried in the ground]
Grave: 52   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Block
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARCHIBALD
BELOVED HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE ANNIE KAY
WHO DIED JUNE 2ND. 1928 AGED 43 YEARS
ALSO OF THE ABOVE
GERTRUDE ANNIE KAY
Notes: [there could be other inscriptions obscured at the bottom]
Grave: 53   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF?
MY DEAR HUSBAND
CHARLES HERBERT GITTINS?
DIED MAY 2ND. 1933 AGED 40
ALSO THEIR DARLING BABY MARY?
DIED JUNE 2ND. 1933 AGED 14 MONTHS
Grave: 54   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HARRY
THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF
GEORGE & HARRIET REEVES,
DIED MAY 11TH 1929, AGED 16 YEARS
ALSO GEORGE HENRY REEVES, FATHER OF THE ABOVE
DIED APRIL 20TH. 1941 AGED 56 YEARS
ALSO HARRIET HIS BELOVED WIFE
DIED APRIL 22ND. 1948 AGED 61 YEARS
Grave: 55   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
Sacred to the Memory of
ANNA
THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
THE REV. ARTHUR CONNELL,
RECTOR OF ST. MARK'S, WEST GORTON
WHO FELL ASLEEP MARCH 27TH 1895,
AGED 70 YEARS.
'Till He come''
ALSO OF THE ABOVE
ARTHUR CONNELL,
FOR 32 YEARS
RECTOR OF ST. MARK'S, WEST GORTON
WHO FELL ASLEEP FEBRUARY 24TH. 1899
AGED 77 YEARS
'So He giveth His beloved sleep''
Grave: 56   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Pyramid
In
Loving
Memory of
ETHEL GERTRUDE BOND
DIED JANUARY 20TH? 1937
AGED 59 YEARS
THE REV.?
LATE
HOLY TRINITY
WHO DIED
Notes: [last 4 lines are from the side of the stone]
Grave: 57   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base stone
Also of
THE REVD. WILLIAM HENRY FINNEY
LATE RECTOR OF SPEXHAM SUFFOLK
HOLY TRINITY RUSHOLME AND BIRKIN? YORKSHIRE
WHO DIED ON OCTOBER 26TH 1930 AGED 87?
TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN
Grave: 58   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base stone
In ever fragrant memory of
HARRIETT,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE REVD. W H FINNEY,
RECTOR OF HOLY TRINITY, RUSHOLME 1882? TO 1906?
DIED SEPTEMBER 9TH.? 1919 AGED 75?
Grave: 59   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base stone
GEORGE HENRY GREVILLE ANSON
BORN JULY 19 1820
DIED FEBRUARY 8 1898
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH FOR 54? YEARS
Notes: [only the base of this memorial is in the image]
Grave: 60   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base stone
THOMAS WRIGHT
PRISON PHILANTHROPIST,
BORN 14. AUGUST 1789, DIED 14. APRIL 1875.
'I WAS IN PRISON AND YE CAME UNTO ME.''
'INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY
MY BRETHREN, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME.'' S. MATTHEW XXV. 36. 40.
Grave: 61   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base stone
FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF HIS DIVINE? WORDS?
HE WAS THE HELPER OF THE HELPLESS
AND THE FRIEND OF THE FALLEN
'THEY CANNOT RECOMPENSE THEE FOR THOU SHALT BE RECOMPENSED?
THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST.'' S. LUKE XIV. 14
Notes: [this is another side of the Thomas Wright Memorial]
Grave: 62   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
In Loving Memory of
GEORGE FREDERIC
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
LILY STOTT
DIED AUGUST 23RD? 1945?
AGED 68? YEARS
ALSO OF LILY STOTT
WHO DIED
Notes: [Last two lines are faded]
Grave: 63   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
CHARLES RAWLING
DIED 28TH. JULY 1950
IN HIS 92ND. YEAR
ALSO EMILY
HIS LOVING WIFE
WHO DIED
9TH SEPTEMBER 1959
AGED 93 YEARS
Grave: 64   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN MEMORY OF
A DEAR HUSBAND & FATHER
THOMAS JAMES JOHNSTONE
DIED 1ST APRIL 1952. AGED 73 YEARS.
ALSO EMILY, BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
AND DEAR MOTHER OF MARJORIE,
DIED 1ST MARCH 1974, AGED 91 YEARS.
Grave: 65   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
CHARLES HENRY WIEDEMEIER
DIED 27TH. DECEMBER 1972
AND KATHLEEN HIS BELOVED WIFE
DIED 8TH SEPTEMBER 1972
Grave: 66   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
MARY ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
THE REV. JOSEPH JOHN SCOTT, M.A.
BORN APRIL 16 1849,
WENT HOME MARCH 15. 1880
ALIVE UNTO GOD
ALSO
HELEN
SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE
JOSEPH JOHN SCOTT
CANON AND SUB-DEAN OF MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL
BORN NOVEMBER 11TH. 1854
ENTERED? INTO REST MARCH? 28TH? 1930
Grave: 67   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
A MEMORIAL? TO
EDITH CATHERINE GEORGE
DIED 18TH JAN. 1941 AGE 83
HANNAH KENRICK WILLIAMS
DIED 16TH SEPT. 1949 AGE 76
EVELYN RHODEN GEORGE
DIED 10TH FEB. 1962 AGE 66
EDITH HANNAH WILLIAMS
DIED 10TH NOV. 1944 AGE 60
EDWARD ALLEN GEORGE
DIED 2ND MARCH 1956 AGE 59
WILLIAM GEORGE DIED 29TH OCT. 1937
SUSAN GEORGE DIED 28TH NOV. 1955
ALL BURIED NEARBY
ALSO
RUPERT GEORGE DIED 19TH OCT. 1964
EDRIC GEORGE DIED 5TH OCT. 1976
CREMATED
AND BURIED HERE
ZILLAH KENRICK GEORGE
DIED 9TH FEB. 198_ AGE 90?
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Grave: 68   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
SACRED TO THE
BEAUTIFUL MEMORY
OF
OUR DEAR SON
KEITH WILLIAMSON HARDING
WHO DIED JAN. 8TH. 1936
IN HIS 3RD. YEAR
ALSO DOROTHY
DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAMSON HARDING
WHO DIED SEPT. 7TH. 1975
AGED 84 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAMSON
A DEARLY LOVED
HUSBAND AND FATHER
WHO DIED DEC. 12TH. 1977,
AGED 79 YEARS.
Grave: 69   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
BERTRAM FELTHAM,
A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER
DIED FEB. 11TH. 1950, AGED 60 YEARS
Grave: 70   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
WITH LOVE WE REMEMBER
EDITH LAKER
WHO DIED 29 JANUARY 1952
AGED 47 YEARS
WIFE OF CHARLES,
ALSO THOMAS MASSEY
(ROYAL MARINES)
KILLED AT JUTLAND
MAY 31. 1916. AGE 18 YRS.
ALSO THOMAS MASSEY
DIED SEPT 11. 1956 AGE 85.
AND MARY ANN MASSEY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANUARY 21. 1960
AGE 89.
BELOVED PARENTS OF THE ABOVE
Grave: 71   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Headstone
IN LOVING
MEMORY
OF
JAMES SMITH
WHO DIED 19. MAY 1956
AGED 57 YEARS.
AT REST.
ALSO ELSIE MAY,
DEARLY BELOVED
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 19. FEB. 1980
AGED 81 YEARS.
AT REST.
DEAR MUM AND DAD
TOGETHER ONCE MORE
Grave: 72   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Base stone
ALSO
ADA MELLOR BRADLEY
THEIR DAUGHTER
DIED APRIL 13TH 1941
AGED 67 YEARS
CREMATED
Grave: 73   St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs.
Type: Flatstone
JAMES
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
THERESA GODDARD
BORN FEBY. 4TH. 1837
DIED MARCH 22ND. 1907
ALSO THERESA BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
BORN FEBY. 13TH.? 1846
DIED FEBY. 11TH. 1914
ALSO WILLIAM HENRY
THE BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
BORN JULY 12TH. 1878
DIED NOV. 3RD. 1884
ALSO THERESA EVELYN
THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
BORN FEBY. 5TH. 1866?
DIED OCT. 11TH? 1885
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