St. Mary's Church Westow - Grave Inscriptions
We have documented the details of people commemorated at St.Mary's church. This information has been obtained from an earlier survey commissioned by the parish and our own survey. We have done our best to reconcile differences between the two. Unfortunately many of the stones are eroded and other are damaged or have been moved for safety.
It is likely that many residents would not have had a stone memorial although they are recorded as being buried by the Parish Register.
To assist in locating graves we have divided the burial ground into zones (see map below) and the detailed list gives the graves more or less as they are positioned within each zone. However we have not identified each individual grave on the plan.
The information is held on an Excel spreadsheet with an alphabetical list ordered by surname and detailed lists in grave number order
The latter indicates where there is a relevant Parish Register entry (an * means that there is some difference in the information between the two). Entries in red are one that we are still investigating to confirm details.
We are grateful to Mrs. Olivia Collet for the following information about four additional graves located at the east end of the church which she found in about 1981:
1. Edward Clough Taylor of Kirkham Abbey and Firby where he resided for 50 years. Born at Easthorpe Sept 25th 1822, died at Coneysthorpe Dec 13th 1892. ‘In sure and certain hope of the world to come’
2. Sacred to the memory of Sophia Mary widow of Edward Clough Taylor of Kirkham Abbey and eldest daughter of the late Rev. T. Harrison of Firby Hall. Died July 7th 1902 aged 77. ‘Her children rise up and call her blessed’
3. Nina Clough Taylor. Born at Firby June 27 1851 died at Weburn 10 February 1921.’True till death’
4. Edward Harrison Clough-Taylor of Firby Lt.Col. late Royal Welch Fusiliers. Born 19th June 1849. Died 1st April 1921. ‘Requiescat in Pace’