Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St Werburgh's Church and Chapel Street, Spondon
Published in April 1994
DESCRIPTION
The Domesday Book, 1086, mentions a church at Spondon, but it is not known when it was built. Known at one time as St. Mary's, the church was re-dedicated St. Werburgh's after information regarding a church dedicated to St. Werburgh at Spondon was found in an old will by Dr. Cox. The dedication of St. Werburgh indicates the early arrival of Christianity in the area. Spondon is only ten miles from Repton, the capital of Mercia. The court of Mercia became Christian about 655AD. In 1340 the village, including the church, was burnt down. The fire started on the site of the present 'Malt Shovel' and was caused by the over-drying of the malt. Only four houses survived. Parish taxes were exempt for nine months. The church was rebuilt and most of the present building dates from the fourteenth century. In 1826 the north side of the nave was rebuilt and the entire roof was replaced with one of lower pitch. In 1892 this roof was replaced to match the original pitch. The gravestones in the churchyard have been moved to stand back to back around the church wall and no new graves have been added since 1887. The churchyard used to extend almost to the porch of the old vicarage, now St. Werburgh's House Nursing Home. A piece of land next to the school in Chapel Street was donated to ensure future burial space and the inscriptions from these gravestones have also been recorded.
LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions
This list also includes Vicars of Spondon 1327-1939 and Churchwardens 1609-1950
ABBOTT ALLEN ANTEL ANTILL ARKWRIGHT ASHBY ASHTON ASTLEY ATKINSON AUDELYN AUKLAND BAILEY BALLIDON BAMFORD BANCROFF BARBER BARLOW BARNES BARTON BATES BAYLEY BAYLISS BENNETT BENTLEY BERNERS BEVAN BEWEN BIGGINS BIRCH BIRKIN BLOOD BONNINGTON BORRINGTON BOWSE/BOOSE BRADBURY BRADDOCK(E) BRADLEY BRECKNOCK BREESE BRENTNALL BRENTNELL BRIGHOUSE BROCKLEHURST BROOKS BROWN(E) BRYAN BULL BWEORSED BYRCH CADE CAMBIE CAMM CAMPBELL CARR CARRINGTON CAVENDISH CHAPPELL CHAWNER CHETHAM CLARK CLEEVE CLEWES CLOWER CLOWES COE COKE COMMIN COOKE COOPER COPE COUSENS COVERLEY COWPER COX COXON CREIGHTON CROSSE DA(Y)KIN DAKEYNE-CADE DAVIES/DAVIS DAWES DAYE DE CHIRDESTANTON DE KIRKEBY DE TWYFORD DEADMAN DERBY DEXTER DIMOCK DOWMAN DOYLEDRIVE DRURY-LOWE DYKE EALAND EASTWOOD EDWARDS EGGLESTON ELSON ENVERIE FAWKES FEARNLEY FITZHERBERT FLEMING FLETCHER FOARD FOLLOWS FOWLER FOX FREARSON GARDINER GARDNER GARNEIT GASKIN GELL GILBERT GILMAN GLOVER GOODWIN GRACE GRAFTON GREATOREX GREGORY GRESLEY GRUNDY HALL HAND HARDY HARRISON HARVEY HASLAM HATTON HIBBERT HILL HILTON HIND HOBSON HODGES HOLBROOK HOLDEN HOLE HOLLAND HOLLINGWORTH HOLLOWAY HOLMES HOOLEY HORNBUCKLE HORSEFIELD HOWELL HUDSON HUFTON HULL HURT INSBERY JEFFS JENYSON JERRAM JOBSON JOHNSON JOYCE KELLEY KERRY KINGDOM KINNEAR KIRKLAND KNAPP KNIGHT KNOWLES LAMBERT LAND LANE LANE LATHER LEESON LELAND LEWRY LEWTY LILLY LLOYD LOCKAY LOCKETT LOCKOE LONGDEN LOTT MACCONNELL MADDOCKS MALIN MANLOVE MARCHYNGTON MATHER MATHEWSON MATTHEWS MEAKIN MEE MIDDLETON MOLD MOORE MOORHOUSE MORGAN MORLEY MORTON MOULT MURFIN McNEIL NOLAN NUNN O'RYAN OLERENSLAW ORME OSBORN(E) PAGE PAINTER PAYNTER PEAT PEDLEY PEW PORTER POTTER POUNTAIN POWDITCH PRIM PYPER RADFORD RANDLE REAN REDFEARN REDSHAW REID RICE RICHARDSON RIDEN ROBINSON ROBOTHAM RODDIS RONSON ROSE ROWNEY SALES SANDERS SANDERSON SANT SCRIMSHAW SEARS SEAVER SHEPERSON SHRIGLEY SILCOCK SIMPSON SKEVINGTON SLATER SMETHLIE SMITH SNESBY SOARS SOMERSBY SPEED SPENCER ST. JOHN STATHAM STEERE STENSON STEVENS STEVENSON SUMMERS SWEET SWEETING SWINTON SYKES TAILOR TAYLOR TEMPEST THOMPSON TOMLINSON TOWLE TRUMAN TURNER WAGSTAFFE WALKER WALKER-SMITH WALLEN WAREING WASS WATERFIELD WEBSTER WELBY WHEATLEY WHIPP WHITEMORE WHITHEAD WHYSALL WIDDOWSON WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILMOT WILSON WINFIELD WODEROWE WOOD WOODHOUSE WOODWARD WRIGHT
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