Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St Mary Church, Crich
Published in April 2014
DESCRIPTION
The parish church of St. Mary, Crich stands almost at the highest point of this hilltop village, situated about 6 miles south-east of Matlock and 4 miles west of Alfreton. The church is of Norman foundation, the nave and north aisles being built between 1135 and 1189. The church was much enlarged in the 14th century and the tower and spire added in the Decorated style. Much of this 14th century work is said to be due to the beneficence of Sir William de Wakebridge, who also endowed a chantry chapel in the north aisle. An effigy in this aisle is believed to be that of Sir William. The registers dating from 1565 are at the County Record Office at Matlock.
At the highest point in the village is Crich Stand, the war memorial dedicated in 1923 to the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) who died in the First World War. Later a plaque was added for those who lost their lives in the Second. Recently more names have been added of those who have died in later conflicts. The memorial is in the form of a lighthouse and its beacon is visible for may miles around.
In the quarry beneath the Stand is Crich Tramway Village, where visitors can ride on the trams and also see them in the process of renovation in the workshops.
LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions
ABBOTT ACRAMAN ADAMS ADKIN ALLEN/ALLEN ALLISON ALLISON ALLISTON ALLSOP/P ALLWOOD ALSIBROOK ALSOP ALTON AMAT/T ANDERSON ANDREWS ANTHONY ARCHER ARGILE ARMSTRONG ASHBEY ASHER ASHMAN ASHTON ATKINS AULT AUSTIN BACON BAGWORTH BAINBRIDGE BAKER BALDWIN BALIDON BALL BALLINGTON BANKS BANW---ALL BANYKS BARBER BARKER BARLOW BARNES BARNSDALE BARRATT BATES BATHIE BEARDOW BEARDSMORE BEDFORD BEESON BEIGHTON BELL BENNET/T BERESFORD BERRY BESTWICK BETTS BILSBORROW BINGHAM BLACK BLACKHAM BLAKEY BLAYMIRE BLOUNT BLUNSTONE BO----ER BOAG BOLLONGTON BOLTON BOND BOOR BOOT BOOTH BOWER BOWLZER BOWMER BRAAN BRADFORD BRADLEY BRADSHAW BRAITHWAITE BRAMALL BRIDDON BROAD BROCKLEHURST BROMLEY BROOKS BROUGHTON BROWN BRUMWELL BRYAN BRYAN-PEACH BUCKLEY BULL BULLOCK BUNTING BURLEY BURR BURROWS BURTON BURTON BUTLER BUXTON BUXTON CABORN CALIN CALVERT CARLESS CARLINN CARSON CARTER CARTRIDGE CASTLEDINE CAULDWELL CELDART CHAMBERS CHAMNER CHAPLIN CHAWNER CHEALE CHECKLEY CHEETHAM CHELL CHELU CHORLEY CLARK/E CLAY/E COCKAYNE COLE COLEMAN COLLEDGE COLLINGTON CONQUEST COOK/E COOPE COOPER COPE CORNTHWAITE COULISHAW COUPE COWLISHAW COX CRANSTONE CRITCHLOW CROFT CROOKES CROSBIE CROWDER CUMBERLAND CURTIS CURZON CUTMORE CUTTS DAKIN DANBY DARBYSHIRE DAVENPORT DAVIES DAVIS DAVY DAWES DAY DAYKIN DENNY DERWIN DICKEN DIXON DODDS DOLMAN DONALDSON DORE DOWLER DRAKE DRAYCOTE DRURY DUFFIELD DUNN DYSON DeRIDDER EARNSHAW ELLIOTT ELSE ENGLAND EPERSON EVANS EXTON FANTOM FAZACKERLEY FEARN FERGUSON FERN FERRERS FESAND FEW FIDLER FINDERN FIRTH FISHER FITZ RALPH FLETCHER FLINT FOSTER FOWLES FOX FRETWELL FRITCHLEY FROST GARTON GASCOYNE GAUNT GELSTHORPE GIBBONS GIL--WOOD GLASSBROOK GLOSSOP GLOVER GODFREY GOODALL GOODHEAD GOUGH GRATION GRATTON GREATOREX GREAVES GREEN GREENALL GREENHOUGH GREENWOOD GREGORY GRETTON GRICE GRIFFIN GRIFFITH HALL HALLAM HAMBLETON HAMPSHIRE HANCOCK HARDSTONE HARPER HARRIS HARRISON HARTLE HARTSTONE HASLAM HAWKES HAWKIN/S HAWLEY HAY HAYES HAYNES HAYWOOD HEAPPEY HEATHCOTE HENSHAW HENSON HICKMAN HIDEN HIGGINBOTHAM HIGTON HILL HILLIARD HINDS HIRST HITCHCOCK HODGIN HODGKINS HODGKINSON HODSON HOGG/E HOLDEN HOLLINGSWORTH HOLMES HOLTON HOMER HOPKINSON HOPPELEY HORNER HORSPOOL HOUSLEY HOWARTH HOWITT HUGHES HUNT HURT HUTCHINSON HYDE HYTON INSLEY IRVING IZANT JACKSON JAMES JARVIS JEFFRIES JENKINSON JEROM JESSOP JOHNSON JONES JOYNER KENDALL KEY KIDD KIRK KIRK(E)LAND KNEEBONE KNOWLES LAKE LAMBERT LAWLEY LAWRENCE LEADBEATER LEAFE LEAM LEE LEES(E) LEESSON LESTER LEWIS LIEKER LIMB LINACRE LISTER LITCHFIELD LOCK LOCKEY LODGE LOMAS LORD LOVEGROVE LOWE LOWLEY LUDLAM LYNAM MACDONALD MAES MANDER MARRIOTT MARRIS MARSH MARSHALL MARTIN MARWOOD MASKERY MASON MASSEY MATHER MATHEWS MAYCOCK MEE MELLORS MERCER MERCHANT MIERS MILLS MILLWARD MINKLEY MITCHELL MOLD MONK MOODIE MOSELEY MOUNTNEY MOWBRAY MURFIN MURPHY McLARTY NADEN NADIN NEEDHAM NEVILLE NEWBOROUGH NEWTON NICHOLSON NIGHTINGALE NOBLE NOWELL O'CALLAGHAN OAKDEN ODANAVANT OGTON OLDFIELD OLIVER OLLERENSHAW ONIONS OSMOND OTTEWELL OVENS PADDISON PAGE PAIGE PAINTER PARKIN PARSONS PATILLA PAYNE PEACH PEACOCK PEARCE PEARSON PENYALE PEPPY PERKINS PERRY PESTS PHARSON PICKARD PICKERING PIERPOINT PIGGIN PIGGOTT PINGLE PLATTS PO(O)LE PORTER POYSER PRICE QUIGLEY RADECLIFFE RADFORD RANKIN RAWSON RAY REDFERN RENOLDS REPYNGDON RICHARDS RICHARDSON RILEY RIX ROBERTS ROBINSON ROD(G)ERS RODGER ROE ROLLASON ROLLINSON ROMSORE ROSS ROWE ROWELL ROWLAND RUSSELL RYDE SADLER SAMPSON SARGENT SAUNDERS SAXTON SAYLES SEALBY SEALS SELF SELLORS SHALEY SHAW SHELDON SHELMERDINE SHIMWELL SHIPSTON SHORE SIBLEY SIDDONS SILVESTER SIMMONS SIMPSON SIRS SKELTON SKINNER SLACK SLANEY SMITH SMITHURST SNOW SOWTER SPARHAM SPENCER SPENDLOVE SQUIRE STABLES STACEY STANLEY STEEPLES STERNDALE STEVENSON STEWARDSON STINSON STOCKER STOCKS STOCKTON STONE STOORER STOPPARD STORER STOREY STRAW STREET STRELLEY STRUTT SUDBURY SULLEY SWANN SWANWICK SWIFT SWINDELL SYKES TAYLOR TERRY THORNTON THORPE TIPPING TOMLINSON TOMS TOPHAM TOWLE TOWNDROW TOWNSEND TRAVIS TRUSBUT TURNER TURTON TWIGG VARDY WAGSTAFF WAIN WAINWRIGHT WAKEBRIDGE WALKER WALL WALTERS WALTON WARD WARDLEY WARHURST WARING WARNER WARRILOW WASS WATSON WATTS WEBSTER WEIGHTMAN WELLS WESTON WETTON WHALLEYE WHAWELL WHEATCROFT WHETTON WHITE WHITEHEAD WHITLESSEY WHYSALL WIGHTMAN WIL(L)MOT WILDGOOSE WILKINS WILKINSON WILLGOOSE WILLIAM(S) WILLIAMSON WILLOTT WILSON WILSON WITHAM WITHERS WOOD WOODHOUSE WOODLAND WOODWARD WOOLLEY WRAGG WRIGHT WYLES YATES YEOMANS YOUNG
MONUMENTAL MASONS
ALLSOP BAILEY BARLOW BERESFORD BURLEY BODEN BRACE BROMLEY BROMLEY BURGIN CLAYTON COPE COWLISHAW DAKIN HARRISON KIDDY MOUNSEY THOMAS FOX HENDLEY KNOWLES NADIN WARREN GARRATT HIGHINBOTHAM LIMB PETTS WETTON GLOSSOP HOLBROOK MACKEN ROBINSON WILLOWS GOODALL JACKSON MORLEY SMITH
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