Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project

Memorial Inscriptions at St Mary (formerly Great Sankey Chapel)
in the Parish of Great Sankey

A plan of the graveyard, together with pictures and more information, is available by following the link to 'Graveyard' on the left.

Plot: F1 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Hexagonal Monument

IN SACRED AND LOVING MEMORY

OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED

AND WHOSE BODIES WERE INTERRED

IN THIS PLOT OF LAND

MAY IT EVER REFLECT THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD

IN WHOSE CARE AND LOVE THEY REMAIN

Ellen	Birchall	1871
John	Broadhurst	1848
Mary	Broadhurst	1849
Sarah	Broadhurst	1846
Samuel	Broadhurst	1817
Richard	Broadhurst	1844
William	Domville	1826
Jane	Domville	1802
Ann	Domville	1789
Thomas	Domville	1792
Jane	Domville	1836
Peter	Domville	1862
Ann	Domville	1857
Esther	Deakin	1859
Thomas	Forster	1833
Ann	Forster	1850
Ann	Forster	1841
John	Garnett	1779
Samuel	Garnett	1808
Mary	Gorse	1826
Richard	Gorse	1826
Samuel	Goulden	1842
Jane	Goulden	1840
Ann	Goulden	1826
Ann	Goulden	1856
Emma	Goulden	1865
Luke	Green	1870
Susannah	Green	1867
Catherine	Greenhalgh	1891
Emma	Greenhalgh	1880
John	Haddock	1808
Catherine	Haddock	1831
Peter	Haddock	1821
John	Hewitt	1843
William	Hewitt	1855
George	Holden	1789
Betty	Holden	1787
Richard	Holden	1780
Isaac	Holden	1859
Charles	Humphreys	1901
Mary	Humphreys	1891
Thomas	Isherwood	1909
Joseph	Lamb	1903
Jane	Lamb	1922
Nancy	Lamb	1860
John	Lee	1834
Ellen	Lee	1832
Peter	Lee	1784
Ann	Lee	1806
Peter	Lee	1779
Thomas	Leigh	1806
Mary	Leigh	1854
Ann	Leigh	1840
Martha	Roughsedge	1855
Peter	Seed	1865
Zimma	Seed	1870
John	Seed	1883
James	Seed	1871
Margery	Yould	1741

Notes:	[This monument originally had a sundial as its centre-piece, the top of which was stolen. The inscription was 'Ab hoc momento pendet aeternitas - James Simpson 1781' , according to a hand-written note in the top right-hand corner of the transcription made some years ago. A hand-written note on the top left of the page says:]
	James Simpson does not appear on the burial register' . ['However, other evidence suggests that the name 'James Simpson' was the name of the maker of the sundial, rather than someone connected with burials at the chapel.]
	[Inscriptions were recorded some years ago; these included the last line of the monument inscription which is now below the landscaping.]

Plot: F2 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Grave

Here resteth the body of

MARTHA GENT departed this

April 11th 1780

Here is my silent grave

Free from all pain and ----

My disease was long -----

God sent at last ------------

Tender love while he ------

Did after fill my ------------

--ast my blessed saviour--

Where endless pleasure--

JOHN GENT died April 10-- ----

aged 77 years

JOHN GENT died March 11th ----

aged 63 years

SARAH GENT died July 30th ----

aged 75 years

MARTHA GENT died ---- November 1845

aged 42 years

SARAH GENT died ----December 1845

aged 61 years

Notes:	[This grave is lying beneath the landscaping in the area of F1, the monument to the right of the church entrance. Details of this were recorded a number of years ago before the work was carried out]
	[the first Martha Gent's surname is spelt Ghent in the church register; inscription was recorded some years ago]
	[the first John Gent possibly buried April 13th 1802, taken from note 1 from records taken some years ago and appears in the burial register]
	[the second John Gent possibly buried 15th March 1818 according to burial register]
	[the first Sarah Gent possibly buried 2 Aug 1835, taken from note 2 from records taken some years ago and appears in the burial register]

Plot: F5 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: High Vault

BENEATH

INTERRED THE REMAINS OF THE

REVd. EDWARD LLOYD M.A.

WHO DIED DECEMBER 23RD 1813

AGED 63 YEARS

HAVING BEEN 42 YEARS MINISTER OF

SANKEY CHAPEL

HE WAS THE BEST OF HUSBANDS

THE MOST AFFECTIONATE OF FATHERS

HOW SINCERELY HE WAS LOVED IN LIFE

AND IN DEATH LAMENTED

CAN ONLY BE TRULY KNOWN BY THE SORROWING

HEARTS OF HIS WIDOW AND CHILDREN

WHO INSCRIBE THIS FEEBLE TRIBUTE

TO HIS MEMORY

THEY SORROW NOT AS THOSE WITHOUT HOPE

THEY LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME

SOPHIA

RELICT OF THE REVd. EDWARD LLOYD

DIED DECR. 30TH 1832 AGED 69 YEARS

I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED

AND AM PERSUADED THAT HE IS ABLE

TO KEEP THAT WHICH I HAVE

COMMITTED UNTO HIM

AGAINST THAT DAY

FRANCES LLOYD DIED AUGUST 20TH 1795

AGED 4 MONTHS

EMMA YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF

THE REVD. EDWARD LLOYD DIED

AUGUST 26TH 1834 AGED 33 YEARS

Notes:

[This high vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]

Plot: F7 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: High Vault

JOHN CLARE

OF FAIRFIELD HOUSE

departed this Life on 30th August

1861 Aged 82 Years

HANNAH CLARE HIS WIFE

departed this Life on 21st November

1837 Aged 60 Years

HANNAH their third Daughter

departed this Life on 19th December

1812 Aged Nineteen Months

MARY CLARE their fourth Daughter

departed this Life on 10th January

1830 Aged nineteen Years

ELIZABETH NORRIS

their eldest Daughter

the Wife of ALLEN NORRIS OF BURY

departed this Life on 23rd, August

1834 Aged twenty seven Years

WILLIAM PITT CLARE their youngest

Son departed this Life on 14th July

1837 Aged 18 Years

THOMAS CLARE their second Son

Departed this Life on 3rd February

1840 Aged twenty seven Years

ANN SIMPSON COUSIN TO HANNAH CLARE

died September 24th 1841 Aged 53 Years

Also ANN RELICT OF THE ABOVE

JOHN CLARE

died August 30th, 1864 Aged 81 Years

MARTHA CLARE

BORN 29TH MAY 1815

DIED 1ST, AUGUST 1877

Aged 62 Years

Notes:	[This high vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[the Inscription for Martha Clare who died 1st August 1877 is positioned on the end side of the vault]

Plot: F8 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Low Vault

Here lies the Body of

Peter Domvile of Great

Sankey who died October the

19th 1771, Aged 60 Years. Also

Ellen Wife of Peter Domvile

who died July the 24th 1771

Aged 71 Years

‘Whose Kindness did extend to all,

observe frail natures sudden fall’

also Peter Domville of Great

Sankey died January 8th

1899 Aged 74 Years

also Elizabeth Domville

died April 9th 1901

Aged ----rs

THY WILL BE DONE

Notes:	[This low vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[Surname for both Peter and Ellen Domvile is given as Dumville in the burials register. Vault inscription clearly states that Ellen died on July 24th 1771, but the burial register clearly states that she was buried on June 27th.
	The vault inscription for Peter Domville clearly states his age as 74 years, but the burial register clearly states 73 yrs. The part of the inscription giving the years of age for Elizabeth is weathered and worn away and is no longer visible; the burial register gives her age as 77 years ]

Plot: F9 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: High Vault

Here lieth the Body of

James Cartwright who departed

this Life January 31st; 1791, in the 75th;

Year of his Age

Also Catharine his Wife who

departed this Life, April 24th; 1789.

in the 73rd; Year of her Age.

JOHN CARTWRIGHT

of Speke died November 5th, 1861

Aged 48 Years

ISABELLA HIS WIFE

died March 13th, 1864

Aged 49 Years

JAMES THEIR SON

DIED APRIL 29TH, 1876

AGED 36 YEARS

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

CLARA GERTRUDE DAUGHTER OF

THE ABOVE JAMES AND ELIZABETH

DIED JUNE 6TH, 1875

AGED 5 YEARS & 4 MONTHS

also WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT SON OF THE ABOVE

JOHN AND ISABELLA CARTWRIGHT

DIED JUNE 17TH 1895 AGED 41 YEARS

Notes:	[This high vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[vault inscription has Catharine Cartwright, burial register has her name spelt Catherine]

Plot: F10 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Low Vault

Thomas Norman

died July 2nd 1821 aged 71 years

Mary his wife died

January 20th 1840 aged 82 years

Betty Norman died January

30th 1785 aged 4 months

William Norman died April

12th 1791 aged 1 year

Samuel Kilshall

Died August 7th 1892 aged 57 year

Jane his wife who died Oct. 11th

1911 aged 70 years

Isaac their son died May 13th 1895

Aged 25 years

Also John beloved son of

Samuel & Jane Kelsall who died June 14th 1905

Aged 38 years

Notes:	[This low vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[Samuel Kilshall possibly buried 10 Aug 1892 under the surname Kelsall. There is no Samuel Kilshall buried Aug 1892 but there is a Samuel Kelsall in the burial register of the same age, also confirmed in other evidence that there was a Samuel Kelsall registered 3rd quarter 1892, also on the same vault it states John beloved son of Samuel and Jane Kelsall]
	[Jane Kilshall possibly buried 16 Oct 1911 under the surname Kelsall, there is no Jane Kilshall buried Oct 1911 but there is a Jane Kelsall in the burial register of the same age, also confirmed in other evidence that there was a Jane Kelsall registered 4th quarter 1911, also on the same vault it states John beloved son of Samuel and Jane Kelsall]
	[Isaac Kilshall possibly buried 17 May 1895, under the surname Kelsall, there is no Isaac Kilshall buried May 1895 but there is an Isaac Kelsall in the burial register of the same age also confirmed in other evidence that there was a Isaac Kelsall registered 2nd quarter 1895.]

Plot: F11 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Low Vault

BANCROFT WARBURTON

died January 7th 1805,

Aged 65 Years

ELIZABETH his Wife

died January 13th 1814

Aged 67 Years

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

JOHN WARBURTON

Born July 19TH 1830

Died January 29TH 1910

MARY his Wife, born June 25th 1830

Departed this Life

September 19th 1888

Also MARY HELEN WIDOW OF

WILLIAM UNSWORTH & eldest

Daughter of JOHN WARBURTON

Born April 18th 1860

Died May 6th 1920

Notes:	[This low vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[Burial register has Elisabeth Warburton as her first name but on the low vault it is spelt Elizabeth]

Plot: F12 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Flatstone

Underneath

lie the remains of

WILLIAM CLARE

of SANKEY BRIDGES who DEPARTED this

Life March 23rd 1832 aged 78 years

Betty Wife of William Clare

of Sankey Bridges who departed this

Life August 28th 1811 aged 84? Years

Here lie the Remains of Betty Clare

daughter of William and Betty Clare

Who departed this Life on the ---- Day of

November 1805? Aged --?

-- consumption gave the fatal blow

The stroke was certain but the effect was slow

with wasting pain death found me long opprest

------ my sighs and kindly brought me rest

also Martha their Daughter who departed

this Life Decr. 17th 1813 Aged 33 Years

also William their Son who departed

this Life July 11th 1828 Aged 43 Years

also Ellen their Daughter

who departed this Life September

16th 1836 Aged 35 Years

also Sarah the second Wife of

William Clare departed this Life

September 10th 1840 aged 76 Years

Notes:	[This flatstone is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones. There are a number of areas on it which are eroded and are therefore unreadable; additional information is taken from a record made some years ago.
	On the flatstone it states Martha Clare, daughter, was 33 years of age but on the burial register it states 32 yrs]

Plot: F13 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: High Vault

Here lies the Body of Martha

Skerrett, who departed this life

26th May 1777, Aged 20 Years

Dear Mother do not mourn for me,

Nor Husband sheed [sic] a Tear:

For I am gone awhile before

Unto my Saviour dear

Also

George, Son of William & Betty Clare

of Sankey Bridges, who departed

this Life June 26th, 1790 Aged 9 Months

JOHN CLARE

departed this Life on the 9th

day of April 1845, Aged 39 Years

MARY HIS WIFE

departed this Life on the 24th

day of May 1871 Aged 63 Years

Hannah Mary his Daughter

departed this Life on the 23rd

day of February 1844. Aged 6 months

REBECCA MOORE

DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 8TH JANUARY 1885

AGED 72 YEARS

Notes:	[This high vault is lying to the right of the Church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[the burial register entry appears to read Martha Skirrett but it clearly states on the vault the name of Martha Skerrett]
	[the burial register entry appears to read Mary Clare's age as 60 but it clearly states on the vault 63 years]

Plot: F14 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Low Vault

Here lies the Body of

John Clare who departed

this life 11th January 1775

Aged 60

My Glass is run, my Days are spent

My Life is gone, it was but lent,

And as I am so you must be,

Therefore prepare to follow me

Also Martha his Wife who

departed this Life March 3d;

1798, Aged 85 Years.

Also George Son of Jon. Clare

who departed this Life 12th

Octr. 1775 Aged 24 Years

Notes:

[This low vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]

Plot: F15 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Low Vault

Here lieth the Body of

Thomas Clare

who departed this life May

16th, 1820, Aged 80 Years

Margaret Wife of Thomas Clare

who departed this Life August

17th, 1797 Aged 56 Years

Also Mary their Daughter

who departed this Life Sepr;

3rd; 1805 Aged 36 Years

Also Thomas their Son

who departed this Life Feby;

25th 1806. Aged 27 Years

Also 3 of their Children

Thomas, John & George

All died Young

Also John their Son

who departed this Life April

25th 1810 Aged 29 Years

Also George their Son

who departed this Life May

2nd; 1813, Aged 36 Years

Notes:

[This low vault is lying to the right of the Church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]

Plot: F16 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Low Vault

J.J.

John Jackson died November 24th

1804, Aged 79 years

Mary his Wife died March 6th

1806, Aged 80 Years

Richard Jackson died January

23rd, 1820, aged 71 Years

Thomas Roughsedge

Of Great Sankey died July 11th

1830, Aged 88 Years

Margaret his Wife died September

8th 1820, Aged 70 Years

Betty Hodgkinson their Daughter

Departed this Life Decr. 14th

1854, Aged 73 Years

Notes:	[This low vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[The church burial records do not show a burial for Margaret Roughsedge in September 1820. They do show a burial for a Margaret Roughsedge on the 11th Sept. 1821, though the inscription on the vault clearly states 1820]

Plot: F17 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Low Vault

Here Lieth the Body of

Mary Wife of John Clare

Who departed this life Febry: 3d:

1780 Aged 26 Years

Martha their Daur. who departed

this Life, June 2nd: 1784, Aged 5 Years

& 7 Months

HUGH CLARE

DIED JULY 26th, 1872 Aged 76 Years

Notes:

[This low vault is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]

Plot: F18 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Flatstone

THOMAS NORMAN

of Great Sankey

departed this Life

December 3rd 1857

Aged 75 Years

Mary his Wife departed

This life June 1st 1832

Aged 49 years

Betty their daughter died

May 27th 1812 Aged 4 year

Thomas their son died

December 29th 1823 aged 10 years

Betsey their daughter died

May 25th 1845 aged 22 years

ALICE their daughter died

July 4th 1845 aged 19 years

WILLIAM their son died

September 8th 1846 aged 28 years

JAMES their son died

October 11th 1847 aged 32 years

ELLEN their daughter died

May 12th 1848 aged 17 years

Notes:	[This flatstone is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[From Alice their daughter, this flatstone is covered with a black membrane to suppress weeds, so is no longer visible, also what is still visible in parts it is badly eroded. Most of the transcription is taken from a record made some years ago]

Plot: F19 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Flatsone

John Leather

died October 29th 1837

Aged 66 Years

Ann his Wife

died May 2nd 1861

Aged 86 Years

Elizabeth their

Daughter, Died July 1st

1822, Aged 22 Years

Maria their Daughter

died July 12th 1826

Aged 21 Years

James their Son

Died November 14th 1879

Aged 67 Years

Notes:	[This flatstone is lying to the right of the church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones]
	[Some years ago the inscription was recorded, Martha Leather died in 1826 but the inscription on the flatstone states Maria which is also confirmed with the Burial Register]

Plot: F20 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: High Vault - double width

THOMAS HADDOCK

died September 9th 1839

Aged 64 Years

Margaret his Wife died May 12th

1811 Aged 40 Years

George their son died November

15th 1806 Aged 14 Months

Thomas their son died February 22nd

1810, Aged 2 Years & 10 Months

John their Son died May 8th 1811

Aged 2 Years & 7 Months

Betty his second Wife

DAUGHTER OF ROBERT CROSS OF WINWICK

Died September 26th 1848

Aged 58 Years

Catherine their Daughter died

October 22nd 1831 Aged 14 Years

Ellen their Daughter Died

February 3rd 1837 Aged 22 Years

ROBERT HADDOCK

Died September 23rd 1866

Aged 47 Years

MARGARET HADDOCK

DIED JANUARY 2ND 1881

AGED 58 YEARS

MARY LEWIS WIFE OF JAMES LEWIS DAUGHTER OF

ROBERT HADDOCK DIED OCTOBER 31ST 1887 AGED 23 YEARS

MARGARET SHANKLIN HADDOCK

WIFE OF ROBERT HADDOCK

DIED SEPTEMBER 27TH 1903 AGED 77 YEARS

Notes:	[This high vault is lying to the right of the Church entrance where there is a group of vaults and flatstones. This vault is approximately double the width of a standard vault and the flatstones laid on top have an inscription only covering 2/3rds on the left; 1/3rd is blank on the right side]
	[Catherine Haddock is 15 years old in the church burial register, though the inscription which is visible shows 14 years. Also the headstone shows her name spelt Catherine, but the burial register states Catharine]

Plot: F21 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Monument

The Reverend

JAMES SIMPSON

for 57 years

incumbent of Sankey

died October 17th 1871

aged 84 years

JOHN SIMPSON

Grandson of the above

born and died

September 8th 1852

MARY wife of the above

JAMES SIMPSON

------------------years

who departed this life

6th January ? 1870

Aged --- years

Notes:	[This monument is to the far right of the church entrance with one of the 4 sides up against the boundary wall to Station Road far right of the group of vaults and flatstones. It is very badly eroded. Some years ago most of the inscription was recorded]
	[the inscription from The Reverend to the line September 8th 1852 is taken from the side facing the path running parallel to the church, from Mary wife of it is from the side that faces the other vaults and flatstones in this area, the other two sides are blank]
	[Some years ago the inscription was recorded. In addition to what was recorded at the time, which was typewritten, in hand writting below the typewritten entry is - Mary Simpson Buried 16th Feb 1870 aged 64 Pennington in Leigh. It cannot be confirmed if this is from what could be seen and missed out or that someone has passed this information on]
	James Simpson does not appear on the burial register [hand written on the top left of page with records taken some years ago for the hexagonal monument. See grave F1 for explanation.]

Plot: F22 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised Flatstone

BETTY ROUGHSEDGE DIED JANUARY 16TH

1806 AGED 56 YEARS

MARTHA ROUGHSEDGE died 4th

December 1829 Aged 77 years

Catharine Roughsedge died

March 9th 1833 Aged 76 Years

John Roughsedge

of Great Sankey

Died September 6th 1849

Aged 75 Years

Margaret His Beloved Wife

Died April 26th 1852

Aged 77 Years

EDWIN PARTINGTON OF PENKETH

Who departed this Life Dec 17th 1865

AGED 59 Years

MARY PARTINGTON WIFE OF THE ABOVE

Departed this Life May 3rd 1887

Aged 77 years

MARGARET ROUGHSEDGE

Departed this life May 14th 1871

Aged 67 Years

SARAH ROUGHSEDGE

DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 14TH 1885

AGED 68 YEARS

Notes:	[Looking from the gateway leading to the Church this is the last raised flatstone on your left next to flatstone F23, with the boundary hedging on your left and the church entrance to your right. Parts of the flatstone are illegible due to erosion. The inscription was recorded some years ago.]
	[1st entry is Betty Roughsedge who was buried 20th Jan 1806 although first name is badly eroded; this had also been recorded some years ago]
	[On the flatstone Martha Roughsedge's age is 77 Years but entered in the burial register is 78]
	[Some years ago this inscription was recorded, it says Edward aged 59 years but both the register and photos of the raised flatstone confirms his name as Edwin]
	[Edwin Partington's age on the raised flatstone states 59 years however the church register states 58 years]

Plot: F23 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Flatstone

JOHN LEATHER JUNIOR

OF LIVERPOOL

DIED SEPTR. 16TH 1866

AGED 34 YEARS

ANN ROUGHSEDGE

GRAND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

JOHN AND MARGARET ROUGHSEDGE

DIED MARCH 31ST 1878

AGED 49 YEARS

Notes:	[Looking from the gateway leading to the Church this flatstone is the third vault/flatstone on your left next to F22, situated next to the boundary hedging on your left and the church entrance to your right,]
	[Flatstone states the name of Ann Roughsedge but burial register states Anne]
	[The inscription on the flatstone states the relationship of Ann being the grand daughter of John and Margaret Roughsedge above, is not relating to John Leather but the raised flatstone immediately at the side of it, see F22]

Plot: F24 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: High Vault

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

THOMAS PENINGTON

OF GREAT SANKEY Who departed

this Life April 2nd 1851 in the

90th YEAR OF HIS AGE

ISABELLA PENINGTON

WIFE OF THOMAS PENINGTON

OF Great Sankey

She departed this life on the

8th day of June 1830 in the

66th Year of her Age

In her Life

Piety Conjugal Fidelity, and Charity

Were conspicuous

And by her death

The Poor have lost a Benefactoress

and this neighbourhood an Example

worthy of Imitation'

JOHN WARBURTON

Died January 13th 1854

Aged 27 Years

Notes:	[This high vault is lying to the left looking from the gate way leading to the church entrance this is the second vault/flatstone from Liverpool Rd., positioned against the boundary hedging]
	[the surname of Penington is spelt as it is on the vault, although the Burial Register shows it spelt has Pennington also when it was recorded some years ago they spelt the surname Pennington]
	[on the vault it states that that Thomas Penington is in his 90th year, Burial Register states 89yrs as his age. ]
	[on the vault it states that Isabella Penington is in her 66th year, Burial Register states 65yrs as her age, and her name is spelt Isabel]

Plot: F25 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised Flatstone

IN MEMORY OF

WILLIAM WARBURTON died March

28th 1865 Aged 53 Years

ALSO ANN his Wife died August 27th 1837

Aged 33 Years

‘Dear Husband now my Life is past

So long for you my Love did last.

Grieve not for me but Pity take

And Love my Infant for my sake’

Also JANE HIS WIFE

Born August 8th 1806

DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 9TH 1889

Notes:

[This raised flatstone is lying to the left looking from the gateway leading to the Church entrance this is the first vault/flatstone from Liverpool Rd., positioned against the boundary hedging]

Plot: F26 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Vault

Elizabeth Daughter of the

Revd. Edward Lloyd and Martha his Wife

born Decr. 26th 1813 died March 20th 1867

In her heart was the law of kindness

In Memory of Martha Widow of the Revd. Edward Lloyd B.A.

Who died Novr. 30th 1861 Aged 75 Years

So he giveth his beloved sleep

Also Charles Frederick Son of the Revd. Edward and Martha Lloyd

who died July 3rd 1825 Aged 17 days

Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid then not for of such is the Kingdom of God

Notes:	[This cruciform style vault is the first one lying on the left in the centre of the grassed area looking from the gate way on Liverpool Rd., leading to the church entrance]
	[When standing on the path the inscription for Elizabeth is on the top part of vault on left side nearest the road. There is no inscription on the top right hand side]
	[When standing on the path the inscription for Martha is on the bottom part of vault on left hand side, facing the road]
	[When standing on the path the inscription for Charles Frederick is on the bottom part of vault on right hand side, facing the church]

Plot: F27 Location: Front of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Vault-double width

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

JOHN WARBURTON

OF PENKETH

WHO DIED JUNE 25TH 1852

AGED 84 YEARS

ALSO

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

DIED JANUARY 19TH 1857 AGED 85 YEARS

ALSO JOHN THEIR SON

DIED SEPTEMBER 5TH 1852 AGED 53 YEARS

ALSO ELIZABETH THEIR DAUGHTER

DIED DECEMBER 24TH 1853 AGED 52

ALSO JAMES THEIR SON

DIED MAY 10TH 1879 AGED 76 years

Notes:

[This double sized low vault is lying to the left of the church entrance looking from the gateway leading to the church entrance. This is the 2nd vault positioned in the centre of the grassed area. Only the top of the 1st of the 2 slabs is inscribed]

Plot: R1 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

THOMAS CARRINGTON

DIED OCT 17th 1901

AGED 68 YEARS

MARY HIS WIFE DIED MAY 7th 1870

AGED 51 YEARS

ALSO THOMAS THEIR SON DIED

OCTOBER 18th 1863 AGED 6 YEARS

MATILDA THEIR GRANDAUGHTER

DIED SEPTEMBER 22nd 1884

AGED 17 MONTHS

Notes:	[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left, directly behind the church and is the 1st of 10]
	[The date of death inscribed on the headstone for son Thomas is the same date given in the burial register]
	[The age inscribed on the headstone for Matilda states 17 months but the burial register states 15 months]

Plot: R2 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

SAMUEL HALL

WAS FOUND DROWNED OCT

9th 1853 AGED 66 YEARS

AND WAS INTERED AT ECCLES CHURCH

MARTHA HIS WIFE

died January 29th

1839 AGED 45 YEARS

JAMES ROUGHLEY

MARY HIS WIFE

DIED JANUARY 9th 1895

AGED 71 YEARS

THREE OF THEIR CHILDREN

DIED YOUNG

Notes:

[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left directly, behind the church and is the 2nd of 10]

Plot: R3 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN MEMORY OF

JOHN CORWELL

DIED March 2nd 1909

Aged 79 Years

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

DIED January 30th 1914

Aged 89 Years

Also ANN THEIR DAUGHTER

DIED May 19th 1864

Aged 14 Years

Notes:	[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left directly, behind the church and is the 3rd of 10]
	[there is no Ann Corwell buried May 1864 in the register, however there is an Ann Caldwell buried 22 May aged 13 yr clearly entered in the church register, other evidence shows that an Ann Corwell passed away in 1864 and registered at Sankey but no Ann Caldwell]

Plot: R4 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

DANIEL ATHERTON

MARGARET HIS WIFE

ERNEST their son

died June 23rd 1872

Aged three Months

ERNEST THEIR SON

DIED DECEMBER 19th 1885

AGED 7 YEARS

Thy will be done'

DANIEL THEIR SON

DIED FEBRUARY 20th 1891

AGED 17 YEARS

Nothing in my hand I bring

simply to thy cross I cling

Notes:

Plot: R6 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

WILLIAM WILLIAMSON

ANN HIS WIFE

DIED JUNE 20th 1854

AGED 28 YEARS

Notes:	[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left directly, behind the church and is the 6th of 10]
	[Headstone states Ann died at the age of 28, burial register states 27yrs]

Plot: R7 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN MEMORY OF

SAMUEL POMFRET

HANNAH MARIA HIS WIFE

DIED AUGUST 12th 1892

AGED 54 YEARS

DANIEL THEIR SON DIED AUGUST 7th 1874

AGED 4 MONTHS

MARTHA THEIR DAUGHTER DIED AUGUST 9th 1874

AGED 4 MONTHS

Notes:	[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left directly, behind the church and is the 7th of 10]
	[Headstone states name of wife has Hannah Maria, the burial register states Annie Maria]

Plot: R8 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

ELIZABETH ESKDALE

WIFE OF

THOMAS ESKDALE

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

FEBRUARY 22nd 1854

AGED 47 YEARS

THOMAS ESKDALE

DIED FEBry. 18th 1888 AGED 86 YEARS

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

DIED FEBY. 7th 1885 AGED 83 YEARS

EMILY HIS DAUGHTER

DIED FEBry. 6th 1887 AGED 45 YEARS

Notes:	[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left directly, behind the church and is the 8th of 10]
	[Burial register has the surname of Eskadale for Thomas; the headstone has the surname as Eskdale. For Emily, the burial register has Emily Trewfitt Eskadale; the headstone has the surname as Eskdale and no second name]

Plot: R9 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

EDWARD SUMMERFIELD

MARGARET HIS WIFE

DIED FEBry. 23rd 1873

AGED 24 YEARS

Notes:	[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left directly behind the church and is the 9th of 10]
	[Headstone although worn states Margaret died at the age of 24; burial register states 23yrs]

Plot: R10 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

DANIEL ATHERTON

DIED February 24th 1886

Aged 68 Years

MARGARET HIS WIFE

DIED April 26th 1887

Aged 68 Years

Three of their children

died young

Notes:	[This is a headstone which been laid on the ground to form a straight path. Standing on Station Rd with the church to the left and shops to your right, this group is to the left directly behind the church and is the 10th of 10]
	[Headstone states Daniel died at the age of 68; burial register states 67 yrs]

Plot: R12 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised Flatestone

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

JAMES APPLETON

WHO DIED DECEMBER 17th 1857

AGED 71 YEARS

ALSO

MARTHA HIS WIFE

WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 19th 1858

AGED 68 YEARS

ALSO

ELLEN THEIR DAUGHTER WHO DIED JUNE 25th

1888 AGED 64 YEARS

ANN THEIR DAUGHTER DIED MARCH 18th

1893 AGED 65

Notes:	[Standing with back to St Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is the 1st visible vault/raised flatstone on left side near the boundary]
	[raised flatstone has Ellen's date of death as the 25th June 1888; the church register has her buried on this same date. Ann died at the age of 65 according to the flatstone inscription; the burial register states 64 yrs]

Plot: R13 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised Flatestone

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

MATTHEW PRIOR

who died November 14th 1850

Aged 70 Years

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

who died May 5th 1840

Aged 60 Years

Notes:	[Standing with back to St Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is the 2nd visible vault/raised flatstone on left side near the boundary and first of a group of 4]
	[The inscription on the high flatstone is eroded and the date of death for Matthew is not clear. However date used is taken from a record which was recorded some years ago]

Plot: R14 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Vault

In Memory

JAMES WARBURTON OF Bewsey

WHO DIED APRIL 12th 1866, Aged 65 Years

Also ELLEN HIS WIFE WHO DIED

OCTOBER 16th 1865, Aged 65 Years

Also JAMES THEIR SON WHO DIED

OCTOBER 9th 1843 Aged 16 Years

Also ALICE THEIR DAUGHTER DIED

JANUARY 13th 1852 Aged 14 Years

MAY 11th 1873 AT GLASGOW ELLEN

DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE AND THE BELOVED WIFE OF

W. T. ELLISON OF THAT CITY Aged 35 Years

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord'

JOSEPH THEIR SON BORN JULY 8th

1835 DIED APRIL 26th 1908

Also ANNIE HIS BELOVED WIFE WHO DIED

SEPTEMBER 21st 1888 Aged 47 Years

Notes:	[Standing with back to St Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is the 3rd visible vault/raised flatstone on left side near the boundary and second of a group of 4. The first two lines of inscription are very ornate.]
	[The church register states the year that the son James died as 1844; also other evidence gives the year of death has 1844 with the age of 17 years. However, the inscription on the vault clearly gives the year as 1843 and aged 16 years. ]
	[The church inscription only gives Ellen Ellison but the burial register has the full name of Ellen Taylor Ellison who died 1873 in Glasgow]

Plot: R 15 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Vault

WILLIAM GRANGE

Of Bewsey

Departed this life October 28th

1853 aged 46 years

MARGARET his wife

Departed this life August 21st

1842 aged 37 years AGED 61 YEARS

Joseph their son

Departed this life September

22nd 1842 aged 8 months

SARAH his second wife

Departed this life August 13th

1845 aged 36 years

Notes:	[Standing with back to St Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is the 4th visible vault/raised flatstone on left side near the boundary and third of a group of 4]
	[The inscription on the vault is badly eroded and most of the inscription is illegible. Most of this MI is taken from a record which was recorded some years ago]

Plot: R16 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised Flatstone

NEHEMIAH KELSALL

OF WHITTLE HALL SANKEY

WHO DIED NOVEMBER 16TH 1874

AGED 61 YEARS

ANN HIS WIFE

DIED MARCH 29TH 1880

AGED 63 YEARS

JOHN NEHEMIAH THEIR SON

DIED SEPTEMBER 9TH 1845

AGED 1 YEAR AND 7 MONTHS

HENRY THEIR SON

DIED JANUARY 15th 1854

AGED 5 MONTHS

ELIZABETH THEIR DAUGHTER

DIED FEBRUARY 3rd 1856

AGED 14 MONTHS

Oh lovely Babes may we like you be blest

In Life be happy and in Death find rest.

MARGARET JANE WOOD

THEIR DAUGHTER DIED MARCH 12th 1876

AGED 24 YEARS.

MARY ANN BLACKBURN

THEIR DAUGHTER DIED MAY 7th 1877

AGED 37 YEARS

JOSEPH THEIR SON

DIED JULY 30th 1877

AGED 31 YEARS

MINNIE WOODS DIED MAY 10th 1872 AGED 4 HOURS

FLORA ELIZABETH ANN HAYES DIED NOVEMBER 28th 1871 AGED 13 MONTHS

Notes:	[Standing with back to St Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is the 5th visible vault/raised flatstone on left side near the boundary and fourth of a group of 4]
	[The inscription for Minnie Woods is on the left hand side edge of the flatstone, with Flora Elizabeth Ann Hayes on the right hand side edge, both on one line. In the burial register Minnie's first name is given as Minna]

Plot: R17 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised Flatstone

In Affectionate Remembrance

WILLIAM PARTINGTON

OF GREAT SANKEY

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 26th 1874

Aged 73 Years

Also MARY HIS WIFE WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 25th 1873

Aged 77 Years

blessed are the dead which died in the Lord'

Also JAMES THEIR SON WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 15th ????

Aged 41 Years

Also JAMES KNOWLES

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 16th 1936

In His 87th Year

Thy Will Be Done'

Also HIS BELOVED WIFE

CLARA ELIZABETH KNOWLES

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 7th JULY 1950

In Her 82nd Year

At Rest'

JAMES KNOWLES' THE POSTMASTER OF GREAT SANKEY 1900 - 1930

Notes:	[Standing with back to St Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is the 1st of 2 vault/raised flatstones positioned in the far left corner]
	[The year of William Partington's death is illegible on the raised flatstone but the church records indicate the year of death to be 1874 and also recorded some years ago in church records 1874]
	[The year of James Partington's death is illegible on the raised flatstone but the church records indicate the year of death to be 1873 and was also recorded some years ago in church records 1873]
	[the inscription 'James Knowles' the postmaster etc. is inscribed on a stone laid to the rear of the raised flatstone on the ground]

Plot: R18 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised Flatstone

IN MEMORY OF

THOMAS KELSALL

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER

4th 1872 Aged 30 Years

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

ELIZABETH ALICE THEIR DAUGHTER

DIED JANUARY 4TH 1866

AGED 7 WEEKS

WILLIAM HENRY THEIR SON

DIED JANUARY 2nd 1866

AGED 3 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS.

“Are such fair flowers from the garden gone

Who could have pluckt them but the Lord alone

Be silent grief, tho lovely here they grew

They’re now transplanted to a garden new

Ripe to enjoy their lovely saviours charms

They clapt their wings and flew into his arms.”

Also ELEANOR DAUGHTER OF

JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH WRIGHT

WHO DIED JANUARY 14th 1886 AGED 8 YEARS

“In the midst of life we are in death”

JOSEPH WRIGHT

BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH WRIGHT

WHO DIED AUGUST 23rd 1905

AGED 55 YEARS

“Thy will be done”

ALSO JESSIE ELSIE KELSALL

WHO DIED SEPEMBER 20th 1912

AGED 18 YEARS

“not my will but thine O Lord”

ELIZABETH, WIFE OF JOSEPH WRIGHT

THE GROVE, HIGHER WHITLEY

DIED DEC. 17th 1922, AGED 87 YEARS

“Her end was peace”

Notes:	[Standing with back to St Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is the 2nd of 2 vault/raised flatstones positioned in the far left corner]
	[inscription gives the name of Jessie Elsie but the church register gives her name has Elsie Jessie]
	[inscription on the raised flagstone gives the age of Jessie Elsie as 18 years but the church register which gives the name of Elsie Jessie has 16 years; also in the old church record for the grave it states 16 years]

Plot: R19 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

JOHN LEE

MARTHA HIS WIFE

GEORGE WILLIAM

Their Son, died August 7th 1874

AGED 2 WEEKS

JOSEPH Their Son

died July 17th 1879

AGED 1 YEAR and 11 MONTHS

ELIZABETH LEE Died January

13th 1892 Aged 77 Years

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[surname of Elizabeth is inscribed on the headstone as Lee, but in the church register the surname is entered as Leigh]

Plot: R20 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN MEMORY OF

T.H.APPLETON

DIED JANUARY 5th 1875

AGED 5 YEARS

MIRIAM APPLETON

BORN AUGUST 7th 1894

DIED OCTOBER 25th 1895

ANN APPLETON

WHO DIED OCT 16th 1919

AGED 80 YEARS

E. A. APPLETON

DIED MAY 15th 1887

AGED 4 MONTHS

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[Initials T.H. are for Thomas Harker , and E.A. are for Edwin Aaron according to burial register]

Plot: R21 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

Joseph Atherton

Alice his wife

Esther their daughter

WHO DIED MAY 17th 1880

Aged 27 Years

William their son

DIED January 23rd 1887

Aged 15 Years.

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[married surname of daughter Esther from burial register is Dutton]

Plot: R22 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

NATHAN Hough

CHARLOTTE his Wife

JOHN HENRY their Son

WHO DIED OCTOBER 22 1871

AGED 1 YEAR AND 9 MONTHS

Plucked off in the bud.

Mary Ellen their daughter

WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 2nd 1880

Aged 17 Years

Which is plucked off in the bud

to bloom in Heaven

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[burial register has spelt Mary's second name Helen not Mary Ellen as is inscribed on the headstone]

Plot: R24 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN MEMORY

JOHN & MARGT. ATHERTON

of Penketh

In Remembrance of

MARGARET ATHERTON

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

DECEMBER 20th 1879

Aged 49 Years

ALSO IN MEMORY OF

FREDERICK WM. LEE

WHO DIED JANY. 11th 1864

AGED 3 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[burial register gives Frederick William Lee’s age as 2 years, headstone has 3 years and 9 months inscribed]

Plot: R25 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

Memory

JOHN ATHERTON

WHO DROWNED AUGUST 11th 1871

AGED 26 YEARS

ALSO SARAH ATHERTON

SHE DIED JULY 9th 1867

AGED 15 MONTHS

ALSO ALICE ATHERTON

DIED JANUARY 28th 1873

AGED 3 YEARS

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[Burial register states John's age as 25 years, inscription on headstone states 26 years]

Plot: R26 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

THOMAS BROADHURST

who departed this life on the

8th day of April 1872

Aged 56 Years

ALSO

MARGARET his wife

died March 2nd 1879

Aged 61 Years

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[Burial register has states Margaret’s age as 62 years, inscribed on the headstone is 61 years]

Plot: R27 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

JOHN PLUMPTON

Died May 2nd 1909

In his 83rd year

MARY HIS WIFE

Died May 13th 1906

In her 73rd year

Joseph their Son died

Sepr. 14th 1867 Aged 6 Months

Notes:	[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[Burial register has John’s age as 81 years; inscription states in his 83rd year]

Plot: R28 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN MEMORY OF

NATHAN HATTON

who departed this life

May 25th 1866 Aged 47 years

ELIZABETH his wife

ELIZABETH GANDY

OF WIDNES DEPARTED

THIS LIFE MAY 12th 1874

AGED 52 YEAR

Notes:

[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]

Plot: R30 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

WILLIAM HOLMES

DIED 10th MARCH 1869

AGED 76 YEARS

ELIZABETH his wife DIED

30th JUNE 1871

AGED 82 YEARS

JOSEPH SHEPHERD

DIED DECEMBER 19th 1880

AGED 63 YEARS

SARAH HIS WIFE

DIED April 5th 1885

Aged 67 Years

Notes:

[Standing with back to St. Mary’s church and Station Road to your right, this is 1 headstone laid on the ground along with another 11, situated in front of the 2 raised flatstones R17 and R18]

Plot: R31 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Cross

Loving Memory of

ROBERT GASKELL

BORN DECEMBER 30TH 1814

DIED FEBRUARY 10TH 1898

AGED 83 YEARS

I know that my Redeemer liveth'

MARGARET ANNA GASKELL

BORN AUGUST 6th 1851

DIED OCTOBER 3rd 1859

AGED 8 YEARS

God is love and he that dwelleth

in love, dwelleth in God, and God

in him'

SUSAN GASKELL

BORN APRIL 19th 1811

DIED OCTOBER 18th 1897

AGED 86 YEARS

Notes:	[Entering the graveyard from Station Road near the shops this is the first cross on your right hand side after a vault. Standing with your back to the church the cross is positioned at the far end of the graveyard near the boundary wall to the shops and is right of the 12 headstones that are laid flat in front of the raised flatstones R17 and R18]
	[Inscription for Robert Gaskell is to the front of the cross, for Margaret Anna Gaskell it is to the right side of the cross, and for Susan Gaskell it is to the left side of the cross]

Plot: R32 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Vault

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF

RICHARD OCKLESHAW

OF GREY STONE HOUSE

PENKETH

BORN APRIL 18th 1800

DIED JANUARY 4th 1886

ALSO

HANNAH WIDOW OF

RICHARD OCKLESHAW

BORN DECEMBER 9th 1823

DIED JANUARY 18th 1887

Notes:

[Entering the graveyard from Station Road near the shops this is the first vault on your right hand side. Standing with your back to the church the vault is positioned at the far end of the graveyard near the boundary wall to the shops, to the right]

Plot: R33 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Raised flatstone

In REMEMBRANCE of

WILLIAM CROSS WEBSTER

WHO DIED AUGUST 31st, 1884

Aged 47 Years

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

DIED MAY 13th, 1869

AGED 30 YEARS

Dear Husband now my life has past

So long for me your love did last

But now for me no sorrow take

But love my children for my sake:

JOHN THEIR SON DIED AUG 26th 1869

AGED 4 MONTHS

ELLEN HIS WIFE

HENRY CROSS THEIR SON DIED MARCH 31st, 1877

AGED 11 WEEKS

Elizabeth Webster died October

20th, 1880 Aged 17 years

Notes:	[With back to the shops looking towards the back of the church this high flatstone is positioned in around the middle of the graveyard. There are in total 1 high flatstone, 1 Vault and 1 Monument surrounded by 15 headstones laid on the ground. R33 is the first high flatstone amongst this group]
	[Burial register has Elizabeth’s age as 29 yrs, the inscription on the vault states 30 years]

Plot: R34 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

JOHN BAKER

Who died March 11th 1915

Aged 88 years

Mary his wife

Who died September 6th 1892

Aged 64 years

William their son died May

19th 1861 Aged 3 Months

Sarah Ann their Daughter died

Septr. 17th 1866 Aged 2 Years

Two lovely flowers soon snatched away,

To bloom in realms divine.

Thousands will wish at the Judgement day,

Their lives where short as thine.

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R35 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN MEMORY OF

William Chambers

AGNES his wife

Robert Chambers died 23rd Decr.

1857 Aged 7 years

Margaret Chambers

Died 24th Decr.

1857

Aged 4 years

Notes:	[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]
	[Burial register has Robert’s age as 6; inscription of headstone states 7 years old. Burial register has Margaret's age as 3; inscription of headstone states 4 years old.]

Plot: R36 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

WILLIAM HURST

OF SANKEY BRIDGES

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECr.

6th 1853 AGED 42 YEARS

ALSO

ALICE HIS WIFE

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECr.

16th 1854 AGED 44 YEARS

A tender Father and a mother dear

In one grave lie buried here

In hopes thereafter to arise to bliss

Where Christ the Lord and all his angels is.

MARGARET THEIR DAUGHTER DIED

FEBy. 25th 1837 AGED 4 YEARS

WILLIAM HURST

DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 5th

1870 AGED 27 YEARS

‘Death little warning to me gave

But quickly took me to my grave

Make haste to Christ do not delay

For no one knows their dying day’

ALSO JANE ALICE HIS DAUGHTER

DIED OCTOBER 28th 1870

AGED 11 MONTHS

Notes:	[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]
	[Burial register has William being aged 41 yrs. inscription on headstone states 42 years. Burial register has Margaret aged 3yr 9 mth; inscription of headstone states 4 years old. Burial register also gives the year of death as 1839 but the grave inscription states 1937]

Plot: R37 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

THOMAS GARNETT

SAMUEL GARNETT

Mariner died 23rd March

1857 Aged 70 Years

Elizabeth his wife died 21st

October 1847 Aged 72 Years

Martha their Granddaughter

died January 18th 1848

Aged 3 Years

John Clare Maddock

Mariner died June

11th 1855 Aged 19 Years

Notes:	[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]
	[top of the headstone is shaped, in the middle arch shape Thomas Garnett is inscribed within the arch shape]
	[Burial register states Elizabeth’s age as 71 yrs; inscription on headstone states 72 years. Martha's full name is Martha Elizabeth Garnett Monks acording to the burial register]

Plot: R38 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

Sacred To The Memory

Betty, Late Wife of

William England

who departed this life

January 4th 1811, in the

30th year of her Age

In life she was universally

esteemed

and in Death, Iamented

by her Relations and Friends

Blessed are the dead

which die in the Lord.'

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R39 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

William England

departed this Life March

24th 1847 Aged 64 Years

Priscilla his Wife who

departed this Life Septr.

5th 1835 Aged 49 Years

Ann their Daughter died

Young

Sarah their Daughter

Died September 15th 1821

Aged 1 year & 2 Months.

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R40 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

In Affectionate Remembrance of

RICHARD FAULKNER

WHO DIED DECEMBER 14th 1912

AGED 66 YEARS

ELIZABETH His Wife

WHO DIED JUNE 6th 1901, AGED 48 YEARS

TILL THE DAY DAWN’S'

FREDERICK Their Son

WHO DIED MARCH 4th 1876

Aged 2 Years AND 9 Months

“Once we had a fragrant blossom

Full of sweetness full of love

But the Angels came and plucked him

To the beauteous realms above”

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R41 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

In Memoriam

Charles Edward Roberts

BORN February 14th 1827

DIED SEPTEMBER 12th 1876

Mary Jane HIS WIFE

DIED OCTOBER 10th 1893

Aged 66 Years

HERBERT THEIR SON

DIED December 1st 1879

Aged 12 Years

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R42 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

In Memoriam

Thomas Kenwright

DIED October 10th 1906,

Aged 79 Years

Hannah HIS WIFE

WHO DIED October 8TH 1883

Aged 55 Years,

Not gone from memory,

Not gone from love, but gone

To her Fathers home above.

For ever with the Lord.

Thomas Kenwright

DIED October 11th 1925 Aged 74 Years

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R43 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

In MEMORY OF

JOSEPH SPARKS

WHO DIED MAY 17th 1869

AGED 67 YEARS

Happy Soul thy days are ended,

All thy mourning days below.

Go by Angels guards attended,

To the sight of Jesus go.

MARTHA HIS WIFE

DIED December 16th 1882

Aged 84 Years

Blessed are the dead

which die in the Lord.

Margaret Braithwaite

DIED MARCH 21st 1897

AGED 64 YEARS

Notes:	[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]
	[Burial register gives Joseph’s age as 68; inscription on headstone states 67 years]
	[This inscription for Margaret is repeated on headstone R44 along with her husband, commented on by the church historian 27.05.2011]

Plot: R44 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

IN MEMORY OF

EDWARD JONES

WHO DIED DECr. 30th 1859

AGED 58 YEARS

Lie down in peace to take thy rest

We can no longer watch they bed

But glorious angels spirits blest

Shall guard thee day and night

Instead,

And when thine eyes unclosed

shall be

Christ in his glory thy shall see.

James Braithwaite

Died APRIL 28th 1903, AGED 74 YEARS

Also Margaret HIS WIFE

DIED March 21st 1897 AGED 64 YEARS

Notes:	[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]
	[burial register gives James’s age has 72yrs, inscription on headstone states 74 years]
	[the inscription for Margaret is repeated on headstone R 43, which was commented on by the church historian 27.05.2011]

Plot: R45 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Monument

In Loving Memory

GEORGE TAYLOR

OF STRETFORD ROAD, MANCHESTER

WHO DIED SETPr. 2nd 1880

AGED 60 YEAR

also ANNE,

WIFE OF THE ABOVE

AND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE

JAMES LOMAX OF Gt. SANKEY

DIED DECr. 5th 1882

AGED 61 YEARS

THE WEARY AT REST

JAMES LOMAX

OF GREAT SANKEY

DIED MAY 31st 1847

AGED 52 YEARS

SARAH

THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE

DIED DECr. 29th 1844

AGED 47YEARS

JAMES

THEIR SON

DIED AUGUST 13th 1838

AGED 20 YEARS

Memoriae Sacram

James Lomax

JAMES LOMAX

OF GREAT SANKEY

DIED MAY 26th 1827

AGED 77 YEARS

ANN

WIFE OF THE ABOVE

DIED MARCH 17th 1815

AGED 61 YEARS

Notes:	[In the centre section of the rear graveyard, with your back to the church, this is the first monument in the group of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33 and 1 Vault R46. Tthis Monument is standing on a headstone/slab. Little can be seen but 'James Lomax' is visible]
	[Inscription for George Taylor etc. is to the front of monument when standing with your back to church. His age is entered as 61 yrs in the burial register, but the inscription on the monument states 60 years.]
	[Burial register has Annie Taylor entered; inscription on monument states Anne as does her baptism]
	[Inscription for James Lomax who died May 31st 1847 etc. is to the right side of monument with back to church, inscription facing Station Road. Memoriae Sacram James Lomax is showing on a flatstone which the monument is standing on, the same side showing the James Lomax who died 1847]
	[Inscription for James Lomax who died May 26st 1827 etc is situated to the left side of monument with back to church; inscription is facing row of vaults to the left]
	[Burial register has Anne Taylor entered, inscription on monument states Ann]

Plot: R46 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: High Vault

IN MEMORY OF

HENRY SEGAR OF PENKETH HALL

WHO DIED JANUARY 31st 1873

AGED 55 YEARS

ANNE SEGAR HIS WIFE

WHO DIED MARCH 25th 1873

AGED 52 YEARS

JOHN ELDEST SON OF

HENRY AND ANN SEGAR OF PENKETH HALL

WHO DIED OCTOBER 25th 1865

AGED 22 YEARS

HENRY JAMES CUNNINGHAM

DIED OCTOBER 22nd 1867 AGED 8 MONTHS

ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM

ELDEST DAUGHTER OF

HENRY AND ANN SEGAR

WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 5th 1872

AGED 28 YEARS

JESSIE CUNNINGHAM

SEPTEMBER 14th 1872 AGED 3 YEARS

Notes:	[In the centre section of the rear graveyard, with your back to the church, this is the raised vault in the group of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33 and is situated behind Monument R45. There appears to be a family crest engraved on the top of the high vault below the inscriptions]
	[Burial register gives Henry Segar's age as 56 yrs; inscription on headstone states 55 years]
	[John's surname is entered in the burial register as Seagar. On the vault, his parents' surname inscription reads Segar]

Plot: R47 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

William Summerfield

Mary his Wife

THOMAS their Son died 16th,

March 1848 aged 2 Years

THOMAS their 2nd Son died

7th July 1850 aged 5 Months

James their Son died 14th,

July 1852 aged 13 Years

George their Son died 8th,

June 1859 aged 8 Years

Thomas their Son died 7th

September 1865 aged 7 Years

Notes:	[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]
	[Burial register states James died at 14 yrs; inscription on headstone states 13 years]

Plot: R48 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

In Affectionate Remembrance of

JOHN WILLIAM,

SON OF JOHN AND JANE GREGSON,

OF GREAT SANKEY,

WHO DIED NOVEMBER 1st 1878,

AGED 8 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS.

“Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them not,

For as such us the kingdom of Heaven.”

ELIZA ANN GREGSON

DIED APRIL 30th 1881 AGED 3 YEARS,

ALSO THE ABOVE

John Gregson, died June 12th 1886

Aged 65 Years

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R50 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Headstone

Memory

Robert Mellor

WHO DIED July 6th 1889 Aged 40 Years

And was interred at Southport cemetery

Mary Berry Mellor His WIFE

died August 27th 1884

Aged 34 Years

Mary Ann their daughter died

May 2nd 1879 Aged 3 Years

And 5 Months

Benjamin their son died August

8th 1883, Aged 3 Months

Mary Ince died January

6th 1866 Aged 80 Years

Notes:

[1 of 15 headstones laid as part of the path surrounding 1 raised flatstone R33, 1 Vault R46 and one Monument R45 positioned in the centre of the rear church graveyard]

Plot: R51 Location: Rear of Church St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.

Type: Monument

The Reverend

Thomas Forster M.A.

EIGHTEEN YEARS

Rector of Lowton

Born at Lymm

JULY 28th 1804

Died at Lowton Rectory

APRIL 27th 1875

AND WAS INTERRED BY

HIS OWN REQUEST

IN THIS HIS FAMILY

BURIAL GROUND

Loving Memory

John Forster

DIED MARCH 19th 1826

AGED 48 YEARS

Mary HIS WIFE

DIED OCTOBER 10th 1861

AGED 79 YEARS

John Forster

DIED NOVEMBER 22nd 1829

AGED 18 YEARS

Alice Forster

DIED DECEMBER 17th 1830

AGED 21 YEARS

Elizabeth Forster

DIED AUGUST 30th 1835

AGED 26 YEARS

Martha Forster

BORN OCTOBER 16th 1817

DIED AUGUST 12th 1891

Mary Forster

BORN OCTOBER 16th 1817

DIED JUNE 21st 1895

Charlotte Forster

BORN FEBRUARY 21st 1820

DIED NOVEMBER 2nd 1904

Notes:	[Standing immediately behind the church with your back to the church the monument stands first on the right, near Station Road. There are only inscriptions on 3 sides of the 4 sided monument]
	[Right of monument - you can see this from Station Road, the monument is placed on a large slab, which has some visible inscription from this position and where the inscription is visible it appears to be a duplicate of the inscription on the monument]
	[The inscription for Thomas Forster is found at the front of the monument when looked at from the church. On the right of the monument, seen from Station Road, are the inscriptions for John, Mary, Alice and Elizabeth Forster. At the back of the monument are the inscriptions for Martha, Mary and Charlotte Forster.]
	[Burial register states Alice died at 24 yrs; inscription on monument states 21 years. Burial register states Mary Foster was buried 25 Jun 1895; inscription on monument gives her surname as Forster]