Over the relatively short time that I have been researching family history, I have benefited enormously from the efforts of those amazing volunteers who have given up their time to transcribe records of various descriptions. During my recent stay in Shrewsbury I found the Monumental Inscription (or MI) transcriptions deposited at Shropshire Archives particularly helpful and would like to place on record my thanks to all those involved in their production.
In an attempt to give a little back to the family history community from which I have taken so much, while I was at Waters Upton St Michael's I decided to photograph all the stones with legible inscriptions (not just the one that was of interest to me). My intention was to transcribe the inscriptions and put that data online at Find A Grave, along with the photos (enhanced to make the inscriptions on them as legible as possible). This I have now done, and a bit more besides, as I could not resist trying to find out more about the people whose deaths were commemorated. The inscriptions and photos are therefore accompanied by further information such as census, parish register and probate data.
The surnames on the stones (and the maiden names of the married women where I have been able to find them) are:
Ball - Arthur, Charlotte, Emma, John, Sarah (Cureton).
Beaman - Emma (Gregory), Richard.
Blantern - John, Mary Ann (Slack), Robert.
Buttery - Elizabeth Beatrice.
Cornes - Joseph.
Cureton - Elizabeth (Buttrey), Thomas.
Davies - Andrew Taylor, Annie May, Admiral Sir Arthur John, Rev. John Bayley, Marjorie Eileen, Susan Anslow (Juckes).
Dickin - William.
Dulson - Ann (BIshton), Charles.
Fisk - Annie (Waring), Thomas.
Foulkes/Foulks - Mary Ann (formerly Martin, maiden name not known).
Gregory - James.
Hobson - John, Rev. Samuel.
Hyde - Margaret.
James - Joseph.
Jenkins - Elizabeth, John, Jane (Evans).
Jones - Joseph.
Lawrence - Ann Britton (Meredith).
Martin - Edith Amy, Elizabeth, Jane, John.
Matthews - Ann, John, William.
Meredith - Martha.
Morgan - Arthur, George, Sarah, William.
Owen - John.
Pascall - Sarah.
Rawlings - John, Sarah.
Rider - John, Sarah (Tennant).
Ridgway - Alfred, Ann (Jones), Harriet Mayne (Knott), Janes, Sarah Ann (Woolley).
Swinnerton - Mary Ann (Blantern).
Titley - John, Mary (Atcherley).
Tompkin - Robert.
Walker - Ann.
Woolley - Mary (Pascall), Richard, Robert.
Wylde - John, Lucy (Strefford).
I hope some of this will be of use or interest to someone, somewhere!
Link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2417760
Steve
Thank you Martyn, I will certainly do what I can.
I should add to my previous post that the SFHS Sales catalogue includes a full transcript of the Waters Upton MIs (including a map showing the locations of the graves in the churchyard); this will include several which I did not photograph as the inscriptions on the stones are no longer legible. Without the transcription I would never have found the stone dedicated to my 3x great grandmother and her husband. This shows the importance of transcribing MIs before they disappear from the effects of weather, growth of vegetation, and human interference. Thank goodness so many have been transcribed already. If I lived a bit closer to Shropshire I suspect I would be out there filling in some of the gaps!
Steve
Many thanks,Steve, so that's where Mary Ann (Slack) Blantern got to and husband returned to from High Offley!
Jo
You're very welcome Jo, I'm glad that I've been able to help - and so soon after putting the images and data online!
Steve
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Many members might wish to thank you, Steve, for such thoughtful kindness; and to hope that you will continue with your very useful contributions here, which are well beyond your immediate Shropshire interests.