MI's in St Mary - Horsham

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Sussex Rootschatters

Prior to the construction of a New Vestry to St Mary’s Church in Horsham in 2003, I was commissioned to record the graves and grave sites that were to be removed, following the guidelines as set down by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) and using their own memorial recording form (re-written for the computer) and drawing a new revised plan to a scale of 1:100 of the monuments within the proposed construction area.

Wherever possible, the visible inscriptions on the stones were recorded and compared against the survey commissioned by the Horsham Urban Council and undertaken by Donald Slyfield in 1952. – but it was found that the details contained within that 1952 survey were very basic, very often only recording the name, year and age at death. Several stones that were illegible in 1952 have produced inscriptions in 2003 by using different lighting conditions and techniques.

A list of the 640 Surnames from that 1952 Survey has now been added to my 1066 Genealogy Website under 'Sussex Archives / Horsham - St Mary MI's.  If a surname you are researching is on that list, I would be happy to give you further information. 

www.rootschat.com/history/hastings

The most common surname is 'Lintott' which appears 23 times on 12 different memorials.

Top  names are:
1. Lintott
2. Kil(l)ner
3. Rowland
4. Mitchell
5. Charman

Chris in 1066

[tulstig]

HI Chris,

I am researching the Tullett family,and notice it is included in you list of names. I would be grateful of further info to see if there are any of my Tullett branch buried there.

Thank you 

Mark

[kerryb]

Hi Chris

I have been researching the Stanford's of Horsham and I see that appears on your list.  Would be grateful for any details you can provide.

best wishes

Kerry 

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Mark

Please remember this was done in 1952 and the transcription details of what are on the stone are pretty basic

Stone Number 89

TULLETT John, 6th July 1831 aged 64 years
              Daughter Mary - rest illegible

Hope it is part of your family tree

Chris in 1066

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Kerry

Please remember this was done in 1952 and the transcription details of what are on the stones is pretty basic.

There are 6 stones to the STANFORD Family

Number 253
STANFORD Elizabeth, daughter of John & Mary

Number 256
STANFORD Charlotte, wife of Henry - 8th July 1828 aged 45 years

Number 299
STANFORD Matthew, late of Broadbridge, 7th November 1862 aged 79 years
                  Mary his wife, 5th January 1851 aged 63 years

Rest to follow in a few minutes, got to get the kids suppers.

Chris in 1066

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi again Kerry

Little ones are fed and watered, so here is the rest of your list.

Number 322
STANFORD Sarah, daughter of James and Mary in 1774

Number 421
STANFORD Ann, daughter of Matthew and Mary of Broadbridge, 1st December 1828
                Elizabeth, Daughter in 1829
                Frances in 1840
                Harriet in 184?

Number 1077
STANFORD Henry on 30th April 1876 aged 64 years
                 and wife Harriett on 2nd May 1875 aged 54 years

Hope you can link them in with your ancestors

Chris in 1066

[tulstig]

Thanks Chris,

Not sure if one of mine yet - Plenty of Johns -so will check them all to see if any fit.

Thanks again, 
Mark

[kerryb]

Chris

Thank you very much, time to get matching!!!

Thanks again

Kerry

[Colin Charman]

Hello Chris, I'd be very grateful for the Charman MIs from Horsham St Mary. i'm working my way through the burials and trying to work out where they fit in the Charman tribe, but it would be really useful to know who is buried with who.

Regards, Colin Charman