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Ann from Sussex
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Chris, I would be very grateful if you could help me. My 2xgreat grandmother was CAROLINE PHILLIPS who was baptised at St John Sub Castro in 1824. She married CHARLES STEELE and in 1881 they were living at Abinger Place, Lewes, which is close to the church. Do you have any inscriptions for PHILLIPS or STEELE? My Lewes ancestors also lived on Priory Street, Southover. Do you have any records for St John's, Southover please? Thanks, Ann
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Lenhart(all areas): Beaumont, Steele, Phillips (Sussex): Daniels, Kanngiesser (London): Lally (Ireland, London, Sussex): Mitchelhill (Scotland, London): Roberts (Kent): Excell (Kent, Sussex): Spice (Kent):Rains (Derbys, Nottingham): Greatorex (Derbys): Guy (Leics, Nottingham): Calcraft (Leics) Hebden, Willey (Yorks): Palmer (Lincs)
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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi Rains4
Here is the baptism
1824 Dec 5, Phillips Caroline, f, George & Mary Ann, OTP, Ostler
Will now check for Phillips & Steele Inscriptions / Monuments.
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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi again
St John Sub Castro
1907 June 13 Philips Amos m 37 Sun St 68 OTP
1828 April 3 Philips Eliza f infant
1846 July 3 Philips Frances f Fisher St 28 OTP
1832 April 25 Philips Mary Ann f 3
1827 December 20 Philips William m 60
1802 January 3 Phillips Ann f
1841 January 3 Phillips Eliza f St Marys Lane 1.3 OTP
1836 January 17 Phillips Elizabeth f 2 All Saints
1807 June 9 Phillips Elizabeth f 26
1915 January 23 Phillips Ellen Victoria f 2 Offham Terrace 0.1 OTP
1873 January 19 Phillips Eve Ann f 74 306
1844 January 19 Phillips Frances f Mount Pleasant 5 OTP
1895 January 12 Phillips George m The Union 70
1857 May 3 Phillips Harriet f 48
1809 December 17 Phillips Henry m 1.3
1887 January 12 Phillips Henry m 74 OTP
1811 November 24 Phillips James m 12
1841 November 29 Phillips James m White Hill 50 OTP
1855 January 31 Phillips Jemima f 75 Head, Widow Agricultural Labourers widow Mount Pleasant Ashurst, Kent
1853 April 24 Phillips John m 48 Married sLater jm York St Cliffe
1822 March 10 Phillips John m 20
1831 April 24 Phillips John m infant
1826 November 12 Phillips Lucy f Governess of the Poor House 34
1852 November 28 Phillips Mary f 10 Daughter, Unmarried Scholar York St All Saints, Lewes
1878 November 28 Phillips Sarah f 96 OTP
1889 December 24 Phillips Sarah f 74 OTP
1840 February 16 Phillips Sarah Creser f infant
1847 June 30 Phillips Thomas m Star Lane 75 OTP
1890 February 5 Steele Caroline f 66 OTP 325
1900 December 15 Steele Charles m 79 St Michaels 325
1877 April 14 Steele Herbert Clarence m 2.6
Hope the above helps
Chris in 1066Land
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Ann from Sussex
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Thanks for all this information Chris; I am truly grateful, especially for the photo of my 2xgreat grandparents' gravestone. I couldn't find it when I visited Lewes recently, which was a disappointment after travelling about 200 miles! Your hard work is much appreciated by us Sussex exiles! Thanks again. Ann
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Lenhart(all areas): Beaumont, Steele, Phillips (Sussex): Daniels, Kanngiesser (London): Lally (Ireland, London, Sussex): Mitchelhill (Scotland, London): Roberts (Kent): Excell (Kent, Sussex): Spice (Kent):Rains (Derbys, Nottingham): Greatorex (Derbys): Guy (Leics, Nottingham): Calcraft (Leics) Hebden, Willey (Yorks): Palmer (Lincs)
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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi Rains4
Happy to be able to help you, and even more pleased that the many hours spent in the churchyard were of some use to others.
To find the stone, upon entering the church yard, follow the foot path down to the bottom of the yard where it is a bit overgrown - on your extreme left near the edge of the yard you will find your Steele monument. (there is a track/pathway round the edge of the yard at the bottom that comes within a couple of feet of your monument)
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Ann from Sussex
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Hello Chris,
Thanks for the directions...next time I visit Lewes I will go and find the stone. I hope you don't mind me asking you something else: do you have any similar records for Southover Church? My mother grew up in that parish, was married there and I believe her parents and at least one grandparent must be buried there. As with St John sub Castro, I couldn't find any readable stones. The surname in this case is BEAUMONT, although there may possibly be STEELE graves too. Thanks. Ann
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Lenhart(all areas): Beaumont, Steele, Phillips (Sussex): Daniels, Kanngiesser (London): Lally (Ireland, London, Sussex): Mitchelhill (Scotland, London): Roberts (Kent): Excell (Kent, Sussex): Spice (Kent):Rains (Derbys, Nottingham): Greatorex (Derbys): Guy (Leics, Nottingham): Calcraft (Leics) Hebden, Willey (Yorks): Palmer (Lincs)
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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi there Rains4
St John the Baptist Southover - Burial Register Transcription.
Have checked back as far as 1860 for Steele or Beaumont with just 2 results - but no monument identified as yet.
1934 Dec 27th, Anna Maria Beaumont, aged 80 of Southover
1910 Sep 21st, George Beaumont, aged 72 of Southover
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Ann from Sussex
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Wonderful! These are my great grandparents. You are a star...thank you.
Ann
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Lenhart(all areas): Beaumont, Steele, Phillips (Sussex): Daniels, Kanngiesser (London): Lally (Ireland, London, Sussex): Mitchelhill (Scotland, London): Roberts (Kent): Excell (Kent, Sussex): Spice (Kent):Rains (Derbys, Nottingham): Greatorex (Derbys): Guy (Leics, Nottingham): Calcraft (Leics) Hebden, Willey (Yorks): Palmer (Lincs)
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Rains4
As I said before - happy to oblige.
If you need any further help with Sussex, you know where to find me
Chris in 1066Land
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rjr
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Hi Chris, or anyone else know can tell me about St John-sub-Castro
I'm a researcher on Anglo-Saxon history at Cambridge University (specifically on Anglo-Saxon charters), and I am very keen to get hold of an image of the monument to Magnus which came from the old church and is now on the East wall. Descriptions I have come across about it sometimes use the term 'Lombardic letters', but one said there were Anglo-Saxon letter-forms, and I'd be really interested to see a picture and decide for myself. (Also although my main area of expertise is manuscripts (I used to work in the manuscripts department at the British Library) and not inscriptions, if anyone would be interested in my opinion I'd be happy to give it...)
I realise that this is not so much a genealogy question as a local history one, and I hope that I don't annoy anyone by posting on this board -- but there is a sort-of family history link because it has been suggested that this Magnus is a relative (brother? son?) of Harold II, something else I would also like to check out. But I think I need a picture before I can really start looking into all these things, so if anyone can help I'd be really very grateful!
Rebecca
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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi Rebecca
How about this
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rjr
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Thanks! -- I hadn't realised it was as large as that, I was expecting a rectangular plaque. It gives an excellent impression of the monument as a whole, but I can't see individual letters very well. If you have any closer views of the letters I'd be very interested in seeing them, but I can see that that would be rather harder given the size of the monument. Thanks for your help
Rebecca
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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi again
From 'Historic Lewes and its Buildings' - Lewes Town Council Official Guide
"In the aisle wall rests the former chancel arch, with a medieval Lombardic inscription about Prince Magnus, a Danish warrior, who became an anchorite here. A picture of it in William Camdens Brittannia (1586) was the first archaeological illustration in an English printed book"
Chris in 1066Land
PS - I will be in Lewes on Monday next, can take close up pics then (have a 5 million pix camera) if you require.
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rjr
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Thanks, that's brilliant! I'll go and have a look at what Camden says -- I hadn't realised he'd reproduced it. Thanks also for the book reference!
Rebecca
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