KINGSWOOD MEETING HOUSE, WYTHALL WORCESTERSHIRE - GRAVEYARD MEMORIALS
SECTION I CHURCH INTERIOR PAGES 1 to 9
(References are clock-wise from the altar, Kingswood references as per local plan)
Page 1 Items 1 to 6a
Page 1A Items 7 to 9a
Page 2 Items 10 to 14
KINGSWOOD MEETING HOUSE MEMORIALS - SECTION I - PAGE 1
1 Wall Tablet (In Wood)
(I1) In Loving Memory of / The Rev. THOMAS A GORTON /
faithful minister of this chapel 1909 - 1952 /
Died Dec 1st 1953 /
Also of KATE his devoted wife / and dear friend of all who knew her
Died Oct 22nd 1944 /
To duty, to conscience true however tried and pressed /
in God’s clear sight high work we do if we but do our best /
Erected by their daughters
2 Wall Tablet (In Wood)
(I2) In Gratitude to God for the lives of /
LEWIS, CLARA and RENE LLOYD. / The furnishings of this chancel
are offered / by DOROTHY LLOYD to commemorate her family’s /
devotion to the Christian service and the great / principles for
which this church stands. /
victims of an air raid on Dec. 11th 1940 /
They are buried near the S.W. door. / Dedicated May 20th 1944
3 Dedication Plate (on oak table)
(I3) C.W.ALLELY 1896 1958
4 Wall Tablet
(I4) "The Gift of God is Eternal Life / Through Jesus Christ our lord" /
EMMA GREVES / died Nov 8th 1842 Aged 22 years /
RUTH GREVES who died April 15th 1862 Aged 34 years /
RICHARD GREVES / Died August 4th 1865 Aged 41 years /
"As we have borne the image of the earthly /
We shall also bear the image of the heavenly"
5 Wall Tablet
(I5) In Affectionate Remembrance of /
THOMAS WESTON / who died May 27th 1873 Aged 80 years /
Also of PHOEBE his wife / died Dec 12th 1857 Aged 66 years
5a Dedication Plate (on Font)
(I6) In memory of / KATE GORTON’s 35 years / devotion to Kingswood Chapel /
This font is offered by her / loving husband and daughters /
May 4th 1947 / “Blessed are the pure in heart”
6 Wall Tablet
(I7) "The flowers falleth and the grace / pf the fashion of it perisheth" /
REBECCA / wife of the Rev. REES LEWIS LLOYD /
(of Belper Derbyshire) / died April 1st 1849 Aged 28 years /
"Thy judgements. O Lord, are a great deep but thy mercy is everlasting"
(N.B. The original inscription reads 1819 but the figure "1" appears
to have been later converted to a "4", which date is confirmed by the
inscription on an associated memorial in the churchyard)
6a Wall Tablet (Brass)
(I10) The chalice above / was dedicated by / Rev. KEITH GILLEY /
President of the General Assembly / on 21st November 1999 /
To commemorate the millennium
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KINGSWOOD MEETING HOUSE MEMORIALS - SECTION I - PAGE 1A
7 Wall Tablet
(I9) "I have fought a good fight I have finished my course"
Erected by many friends / in memory of /
The reverend JAMES TAPLIN / born Dec 12th 1799 died Dec 19 1882 /
Through a ministry of more than sixty years he laboured /
For the welfare of the people /
he was an ardent promoter of popular education /
and strove for civil and religious liberty. /
Still young in heart and vigorous in mind /
He devoted the closing years of his life, 1870 - 1882, /
To making Kingswood better than he found it.
8 Wall Tablet (Brass)
(I11) In memory of the / Reverend THOMAS A. GORTON /
and in appreciation of his faithful / service as minister at Kingswood /
from May 1909 until Dec 1952 / the adjoining doors were erected /
by subscription from the congregation / and other friends /
With neither meekness or meanness /
Of spirit, yet with humility before God /
At all times he spoke and fought /
For freedom of worship to which / this place is dedicated.
9 Wall Tablet (Brass)
(I12) With thanks to God / for the memory of / ROSA ROBINS /
A lifelong member, trustee, / treasurer for 21 years / and
a benefactress of this church /
who died on August 25th 1974 / Aged 95 years
9a Wall Tablet
(I13) KINGSWOOD MEETING HOUSE
[CHALICE DESIGN]
Ministers
1708 - 2008
1766 - 1783 DAVID LEWIS
1783 - 1785 GEORGE LEWIS
1787 - 1791 JOHN HOBSON
1792 - 1795 JOHN TINGCOMBE
1795 - 1809 THOMAS MOORE
1810 - 1839 REES LLOYD
1839 - 1848 THOMAS EVANS
1848 - 1850 WILLIAM MOUNTFORD
1851 - 1857 WILLIAM BOWEN
1857 - 1865 JOSEPH HEYWOOD
1866 - 1870 JOHN BIRKS
1870 - 1882 JAMES TAPLIN
1883 - 1887 LINDSEY TAPLIN
1887 - 1908 JOSEPH MATTHEWS
1909 - 1952 THOMAS GORTON
1954 - 1958 HARRY HESFORD
1958 - 1960 RONALD MCGRAW
1961 - 1965 JOYCE HAZLEHURST
1966 - 2006 KEITH HILL
2006 - ANTHONY HOWE
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10 Wall Tablet
(I14) "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death /
I will fear no evil; for thou art with me" /
RICHARD GREVES / of Inkford Brook /
died May 15 1843 Aged 56 years /
EMMA GREVES / wife of the above /
died Feb 18 1861 Aged 70 years /
"God shall wipe all tears from all eyes: /
and there shall be no more death, /
neither shall there be any more pain"
11 Wall Tablet
(I15) To The Dear and Cherished Memory of / HARRY VAN WART / of
Liverpool and formerly of Birmingham / third son of /
WILLIAM and ROSALINDA VAN WART / who was accidentally drowned /
by the capsizing of a boat at Llandudno /
June 30th 1874 Aged 34 years /
This tablet is erected by his wife Grace /
"Thy will O God be done" /
"Father, the chastening rod / so help us thine afflicted ones to bear /
that in thy spirit-land, / meeting at thy right hand /
T'will be our heaven to find that he is there"
12 Wall Tablet
(I16) In Affectionate Remembrance of / ELIZABETH / the wife of
EDWIN THOMPSON GREVES / who died on the 9th May 1855
Aged 34 years / "Her record is on high" /
Also of ELIZABETH EMMA daughter of the above /
who died March 10th 1857 Aged 6 years /
Also of RICHARD WESTON GREVES / who died April 21st 1866
Aged 18 years
13 Wall Tablet (Brass, next to Organ)
(I17) In memory of / LUCY MARGARET APPLEBY /
27 years member of this choir / died 8th April 1958
14 War Memorial (23 names)
(I8) "To the Glory of God and in /
Grateful remembrance /
of the following men /
who gave their lives in the /
Great War, 1914 1918. This /
memorial is set up by the /
inhabitants of the parish of /
Wythall"
| ANDREWS, WILLLIAM | ANDREWS, SAMUEL JOHN |
| BALLARD, JOHN | BILLINGTON, SYDNEY |
| BRADLEY, HAROLD | EDKINS, CHARLES |
| FIELDHOUSE, LESLEY | GRIFFIS, DANIEL |
| HABBITS, FRANCIS WILLIAM | HALL, EDGAR HARRY |
| HANDS, WILLIAM HENRY | HARDWICK, ALBERT GEORGE |
| LORD, SYDNEY EDWIN | MUMFORD, STEPHEN |
| OLIVER, SIDNEY | PARKER, ARTHUR AUGUSTUS |
| POOLE, JOHN | RICHMOND, DAVID |
| ROWNEY, JAMES | RUDD, HENRY GEORGE |
| SIMPSON, JAMES KIRK | STEWARD, ARTHUR |
| WIGGIN, ROBERT GEORGE |
"Faithful unto death"
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