Iwerne Courtney
(Shroton)

St Mary's Church
Memorials, plaques & transcriptions

Pictures and transcriptions by Dorinda Miles

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF AGNES
MEW THE WIFE OF RICHARD MEW
OF THIS PARRISH LOOKING FOR THE
RESURRECTION OF THE P?ST. WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE TENTH
DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEARE
OF OUR LORD GOD 1670

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SARAH HARVEY
DIED NOV 11TH 1865
AGED 59 YEARS
~~ ... ~~
ALSO MARIA ETHELENDA HARVEY
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED AUGUST 1ST 1853
AGED 18 YEARS
~~ ... ~~
ALSO SARAH ISABELLA OSMOND
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED MARCH 17TH 1855
AGED 28 YEARS
~~ ... ~~
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH 
TAKEN AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME 
OF THE LORD

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF EMILY PROTHER WIFE OF THE
REVEREND EDWARD RAMSAY PROTHER
SOMETIME RECTOR OF FARNHAM AND CHETTLE
IN THIS COUNTY AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
THOMAS STRICKLAND OF KENDAL ESQ
WHO WAS BORN 29TH OCTOBER 1806 MARRIED
NOVEMBER 10TH 1829 AND WHO CROWNED A LIFE
OF FAITH AND LOVE BY A DEATH FULL OF HOPE AND
PEACE AND JOY IN THE SAVIOUR 15TH NOVEMBER 1870
On the lectern there is a brass plaque  which reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND AS A THANK OFFERING
FOR SIXTY YEARS OF
QUEEN VICTORIA'S REIGN
1896

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SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH BAKER
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
SIR EDWARD BAKER BAKER, BART
OF RANSTON AND LADY ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE, WHO DIED ON THE
27 DAY OF NOV 1848
AGED 40 YEARS

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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
WELLINGTON CHARLES CECIL BAKER
THIRD SON OF THE LATE SIR EDWARD BAKER BART
OF RANSTON AND LADY ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
AND CAPTAIN IN 23RD ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS
WHO DIED ON THE 22ND DAY OF MARCH 1847
IN THE 30TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

AND OF HIS BROTHER
WILLIAM LEINSTER YORKE BAKER
CAPTAIN IN H.M. 73RD REGIMENT
WHO DIED ON THE 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1847
IN THE 35TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
SIR TALBOT HASTINGS BAKER BARONET
CANON OF SALISBURY
WHO DIED AT RANSTON 6TH APRIL 1900
ALSO OF DAME AMY SUSAN HIS WIFE
WHO DIED IN FRANCE 26TH JANUARY 1940
LOVE IS OF GOD

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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
SIR EDWARD BAKER BAKER BARONET
(FORMERLY SIR E B LITTLEHALES)
WHO DIED AT RANSTON IN THIS PARISH ON THE 
4TH OF MARCH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1825
AND IN THE SIXTY SECOND YEAR OF HIS AGE
AND IS BURIED IN THE FAMILY VAULT BENEATH
ESTEEMED AND BELOVED WHEN LIVING
SINCERELY REGRETTED AND LAMENTED NOW DEAD
BY HIS WIDOW, CHILDREN, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
WHO KNEW AND JUSTLY APPRECIATED
HIS VIRTUES AND WORTH

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SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE LADY ELIZABETH MARY BAKER
RELICT OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 28TH 1857
AGED 76
"THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED"

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TO REMEMBER
GERTRUDE KATE HARVEY
ORGANIST HERE AND A TEACHER IN
SHROTON CHURCH SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS
WHO DIED 17TH JANUARY 1961
THIS ORGAN WAS REBUILT BY HER FAMILY IN 1966
A.M.D.G.

TO THE HAPPY MEMORY
OF
OLIVE ELIZABETH
BAKER
BORN NOVEMBER 4TH 1883 DIED APRIL 2ND 1884

"SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME WITH ME"

CLEMENT BURT
ENEST HENRY BUSH
GEORGE BUTLER
ALBERT GEORGE JENKINS
WILLIAM EDWARD JENKINS
ARTHUR THOMAS PERCY
WILLIAM GEORGE ROBERTS
GRANTLEY HENRY TUFFIN
REGINALD CHARLES WAREHAM
ALFRED JOSEPH WAREHAM

REGINALD FREDERICK PIKE

1939 – 1945

W A F FRYER R.N.

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF 
SHROTON AND STEPLETON WHO SERVED THEIR 
KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 
REMEMBERING BEFORE GOD THOSE WHO GAVE 
THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE AND WHOSE 
NAMES ARE HEREON RECORDED


TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
FELIX STANLEY HENRY WEBBER
ELDEST SON OF W F WEBBER OF HAMBLE CLIFF NEAR SOUTHAMPTON
AND GRACE DAUGHTER OF HENRY KER SEYMER OF HANFORD
HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE CHINESE
AND CRIMEAN WARS AND AS LIEUT. OF HMS "BELLEROPHON"
HE TOOK PART IN THE BOMBARDMENT OF SEVASTOPOL
HE LIVED AT SHROTON HOUSE 
AND WAS FOR MAY YEARS J P FOR DORSET
DIED MARCH 7TH 1901 AGED 64
THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY HIS RELATIONS
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE FREDERICK RYVES ESQ
REAR ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
WHO DIED 2OTH MAY 1826 AGED 67 YEARS
ALSO OF
CATHERINE ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF THE HON JAMES EVERARD ARUNDELL
WHO DIED 21ST DECEMBER 1803 AGED 43 YEARS
AND
ANNA MARIA RYVES HIS MOTHER
WHO DIED 25TH SEPTEMBER 1815AGED 76 YEARS

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