Terrington churchyard gravestone inscriptions

H1 Erected / in the Memory of / THOMAS CLOUGH / who died February 12 1846 / aged 85 years / Also of MARY his wife / who died September 11 1855 / aged 87 years

H2 [Slab Tomb] Here are deposited / the remains of / the Rev. ROBERT FREER / of Ganthorpe / incumbent of the parish / of Hovingham / who departed this life / January 27 1832 / aged 63 years / also ANN / widow of the above / who died April 16 1855 / aged 75 years

H3 In memory of / JOHN POTTER / who departed this life / February 3rd 1836/ aged 55 years / Also MARY his wife / who died July 8th 1854 / aged 70 years

H4 [box tomb] (text south side, other sides blank) Erected / in Memory of WILLIAM FORTH, ( ) / of GANTHORPE Thirty Two Years a(?gent?) / to the Right Honble; (sic) the Earl of Carlisle (?of?) / Castle Howard, who departed this / life October 3rd 1788 aged 63 years

H5 [box tomb] (text North side) Under this stone are interred / the earthly remains of JOHN WOODHOUSE FORTH / son of JOHN AND ELIZABETH FORTH of Ganthorp (sic) / who died January 2nd 1804 / in the 7th year of his age / His afflicted parents / have erected this tribute to his memory / as a temporary token of affection / and of their most truly distressing / and ever to be lamented loss (text South side needs further examination, being close to box tomb H4) The undernamed children / of the Revd. JOHN AND ELIZABETH FORTH / were (? ) / further? / also JA? ( ? )

H6 [flat stone] (virtually illegible, neighbouring graves make it likely to be a further FORTH grave) likely to be Revd. JOHN FORTH as it is same as his wife’s stone, which it lies alongside.

H7 [flat stone] Here also / lie the remains of / ELIZABETH FORTH / widow of the Revd. JOHN FORTH A.M., / She departed this life / the 2nd day of February 1837 / aged 71 years

H8 [box tomb] (text North Side) Beneath this Stone / are deposited the mortal remains of / FREDERICK WOODHOUSE FORTH, / late of Worcester College Oxford / only surviving son of the late Re. JOHN FORTH of Ganthorpe, / who departed this life / the 6th dy of April 1833, / aged 24 years

H9 In / Loving memory / of / ELIZABETH FREER, / OF Ganthorpe, / she died at Ganthorpe, / on the 30th of Sept. 1883, / aged 81 Years

H10 [base of grave only] (mason’s inscription) H.Oldfield

H11 In Memory of / ANN SMITH / Wife of WILLIAM T SMITH / of Mowthorpe / who died March 25 1860 / aged 25 years / Also of / WILLIAM TATE / son of the above / who died at Middleton Wold / August 9th 1864 aged 7 years [son’s surname looks different from mother’s. Hypothesis – the T in his father’s name stood for Tate and the son’s full name was William Tate Smith]

H12 [box tomb] (South) Sacred / to the memory of / THOMA POTTER Esqr / who departed this life / January 7th 1824 / in the 45th year of his age (East) Sacred / to the memory of / JOHN POTTER, / only son of THOMAS / and MARTHA POTTER / who died at Cliff House Terrington / on the / 18th September 1868, / aged 51 years (North) Blank (West) Sacred / to the memory of / (?MARTHA?) the wife of ( )

H13 (Blank)

H14 In Memory of / JOHN POTTER / who departed this life, on the / 23rd of May 1823 / aged 86 years. / Also JOANNAH (sic) relict of the / aboveJOHN POTTER, who/ died June 15th 1828 / aged 70 years

H15 Here Lyeth ye Body / of JOHN ROOKE of Terrin / gton who Departed thi(s) (Life) ( D? )

H16 In Memory of / THOMAS & WILLIAM YOUNG / THO- MAS / died, the 20th of February 1809, / Aged 75 Years: / WILLIAM departed this life, / the 24th of July 1813, / Aged 74 Years

H17 In Memory of / MARY the wife of / ROBT. HORNER OF Welburn / who died Octr 25th 1806 / Aged 26 Years

H18 [flat stone – cremation only recent burial, wife of former Rector] KATHLEEN MARGARET / CHAPMAN / 1941 – 1989