Note: The Somerset and Bristol pages were prepared to publicise the 2008 symposium in Bristol and both have now been extended. They will  list of all the churches in Somerset and Bristol with monuments of interest. There may well be others and I have also not included the more minor monuments in the churches I have listed. Those churches with a  boxed heading have photographs of the monuments and those as yet without will be added later. I have personally visited the churches where there is a photograph of the church included; the brief information I have given applied on the day I visited the church and may not necessarily apply now. It is possible that even more will be added later. I would gratefully welcome any contributions as well as any corrections or additions to the information I have provided. Click on the underlined  blue name to visit the church; those not underlined and in black have not yet been visited.
Of   all the churches I visited only five were locked; three of these gave the nearby address or phone number of the keyholder, who was happy to help, while I had to write to the incumbent to arrange an appointment to see the fourth. I arrived at the fifth on an unplanned visit; the church was firmly locked and there was no telephone number or address of the keyholder, even though this was a village church.  Well Cathedral charges no entrance fee but there is a small charge for photography. The upkeep of these ancient and beautiful buildings is expensive and a contribution - no matter how small - is always welcome.

Above Left: Francis Short (1853) buried in vault below, his widow Sophia (1888) buried in the church yard. The urn has an inscription to her daughter, Philipa Syndey.

Above Central: Sir Philip Miles (1888) & Violet Miles (1883) This curious Victorian brass contains a photograph of the former in his coffin.

Above Right: P J Miles (1845) by E H Baily

Left: Sir George Norton (1715) & Wife

Right: Elizabethan Monument with no image or inscription; said to be Lady Jane Norton

There are numerous small tablet in the church

   Aller -St Andrew
 Cross-legged knight (c.1310)
 Knight (c. 1375) in recess

 Ashill - All Saints
 Lady (c.1300) in recess
Knight (c.1380) in recess

  Ashwick - St James
Two tablets by King of Bath (1811 & 1828)

 Babington - St Margaret
To members of the Mompesson family, after a death in 1726. Pink marble obelisk, standing putto & inscription cartouche

 Backwell - St Andrew
Sir Walter Rodney (ob 1466) effigy on tomb chest with angels holding shields.
Rice Davis (ob 1638) brass - kneeling figures
Tablet with woman (ob 1831) by urn by Tyley

Banwell - St Andrew
Civilian/Lady c 1480 brass
John Martock (ob 1503) brass
John Blandon (ob 1554) brass     

  Barrow Gurney - St Mary & St Edward
Francis James (ob 1616) kneeling figures
William Gore (ob 1662) inscription in oval wreath, columns & pediment

  Barwick - St Mary Magdalene
Monuments from 1681 to early 19th C.

Batcombe - St Mary
Two niches
Bisse Family (1593-1681) Tablet of c 1640
Tablets by Ford (ob 1773) King (ob 1800) & Reeves (ob 1812)

Effigy of abbot of Bath Stone now on outside east wall of the church, although before 1750 it was in the chancel. Sally Badham believes this to be c 1100 and hence a candidate for the earliest English effigy. Although Pevsner dismisses it as 'an example of rustic Elizabethan work' which, because of the subject, is hardly likely.
Also: Many late Georgian monuments eg John Hume (1815) by Reeves

Henry Walters (1753) & his wife Mary (1752) & their children, Elizabeth (1733) & Mary (1763) Also Elizabeth (1735), sister of the above Henry

James Walters (1735) & children: Clement, Ann & Susanna. His wife Mary (1770) who later married Thomas Drewett

Francis Brodbelt Millward (1813)

Ann Walters (1788)  & Henry (1797), her husband and son of Henry Snr & Mary (far left)  & Mary (1770) their daughter

Bawdrip - St Michael:
Knight (late C13)

The three children lying at the base of this monument are: Edmund (1661, 1yr), Elizabeth (ob ?) & Mary (ob 1673, < 3m) Fowell. Great-grandchildren of Sir George & children of Edmund.
Above is the monument to their mother and grandmother.

Sir George (1647) & Lady Farewell (1660) They had 20 children.
The above and the monument to the left are both  in the south aisle.
 

  Bishop's Lydearn - St Mary:
Brass to Nicholas Grobham (1585) & Wife  
Thomas Slocombe (1801)  by Thomas King of Bath 

Bleadon - St Peter & St Paul
Two civilian effigies mid 14th century, bad
Mrs Tutton (1769) relief of woman by urn by S Haynes of Bristol

Bradford-On-Tone - St Giles:
                  Knight (c. 1375)

   Bridgewater - St Mary:
Francis Kingsmill (1629) & sons (1621, 1640)
John Dunning (1821) By  Reeves of Bristol  

 Brent Knole - St Michael:
John Somerset (1663) two wives & family; inscription

Brockley - St Nicholas
Pigott Family (1730, 1794, and later) urn on top
Wadham Pigott (1823) draped female by pedestal of an urn by Chantrey.  

   Brompton Ralph - St Mary:
T Camplin by King of Bath

    Broomfield- All Saints
Richard Silverton (1443)  ecclesiastic, brass.
Wall monument (1788) by Reeves of Bath  
Another (1790) by King o f Bath   

Sir Maurice Berkeley (1581) and his two Wives (1559 & 1585)
This monument, which was originally in the south aisle, and the wall monuments below are all in the chancel, which was rebuilt in 1743.

This tomb chest (rear of nave) is said to be that of Abbot Gilbert, (prior 1494, abbot 1511-33) although without any good reason. The abbey was near the church. Its condition results from its being in the churchyard until fairly recent times; the present Incumbent would like to see it returned there!

This can be quite a difficult church  to find - but well worth a visit - so it's best to obtain the 1:50, 000 (or larger scale) OS map of the area. Taking the A30 from Crewkerne to Yeovil, turn left (approaching Yeovil) onto the A3088 - that is, the 1st exit on the roundabout. Turn left (1st exit) on next roundabout, then straight ahead (2nd exit) on the next roundabout; this takes you off the A3088 onto a 'yellow road'. Turn left (1st exit) at the next roundabout, then left again (1st exit) at the next roundabout. You should now pass over the A3088 onto Old Road. Soon on the left are some gates leading into parkland; there is no sign post. If you reach a Y-junction with the sign 'Old Road', you have gone too far. Pass through the gates and continue to the church (10 mph speed limit please!) The church is next to the beautiful manor house, which dates back in part to the fifteenth century. It looks like a large private chapel - but it is in fact the parish church.

Buckland Dinham - St Michael
2 effigies - demi-figures with shields at waist heaight and flat below. Mid 14th C

Buckland St Mary - St Mary:
Rector's Wife & Son (1839) by Forsyth

Burnett - St Michael
John Cutte (1575) Mayor of Bristol. Brass with kneeling couple and 12 children

Burrington - Holy Trinity
Panel with reliefs of Christ, angels and two donors - no date

Butleigh - St Leonard:
3 kneeling figures from Elizabethan tomb
Admiral Hood & 2 brothers by Lucius Gahagan of Bath (no date)

 Cameley - St James
Several monuments by Reeves of Bath

John Carew (1683) & Wife
Note that the angel stands at the head not the feet as has been stated. Note the children seated in the tomb chest centre niche on either side

Cannington - St Mary
Wall monument (1792) by King of Bath

Carhampton - St John Baptist
Brass inscr. to Escott  family (1755)
by C Sherborn, Gutter Ln, London

Castle Cary - All Saints
John Russ (1758) by John Ford

Chard - St Mary the Virgin
William Brewre (1614)

Charlton Adam - St Peter & St Paul
Thomas Basket (ob1592)
 2 Strangeways (17th C) slate

Charlton Mackrell - St Mary
William le Lyt & Wife (attr) Purbeck effigies

Charlcombe - St Mary
Lady Barbara Montague (1765) female leaning on pedestal by Ford

Cheddar - St Andrew
Sir Thomas Cheddar (1443) brass on tomb chest
Lady Cheddar (1460) wife to the above- brass on floor

Chedzoy - St Mary
Richard Sydenham (c 1490) brass

Chelvey - St Bridget
Military incised slab (c 1260)

Chewton Mendip - St Mary Magdalen
Sir Henry Fitzroger (1388) & Wife (?) effigies on tomb chest
Frances Lady Waldegrave (1879) by Boehm

Chilton - Polden
Tablet with draped urn by James Allen of Bristol

Clapton -in - Gordano - St Michael
Edmund Wynter (1672) & Wife figures kneeling facing across a prayer desk with daughter sitting frontally underneath.

Claverton - St Mary
William Bassett (ob 1613) & Wife frontal three quarter figures

Clevedon - St Andrew
Military (c 1420) incised slab
John Kenn (ob 1593) tomb chest, no effigy
Phillippa Wake (17th C) receumbent figure of child from a tomb

Cloford - St Mary
Maureis Horner (1621) tomb chest, no effigy
Sir George Horner (1676) hanging wall monument with two three quarter figures

Combe Hay
Robert Smith (1755) two urns on an obelisk by Ford of Bath

Congresbury - St Andrew
Mary Merle (1851) white sarcophagus in relief decorated with flowers by T Tyler of Bristol

     Cossington - St Mary
Lady (c 1375)  porch
John Brent (1524) & Wife brass

Top left & right: Sir John St Lo (1447) & Agnes (second wife or another St Lo). It is said that these effigies may not have been made as a pair.

Left & top: Edward Baber (1578) & Wife (1602) The monument was built in  1662.

Right: Wooden monument on which is painted 'Sire Johann de Hauteville temp R III'. Despite this inscription, it is not Sir John Hautville, the last of that name dying  two hundred years before the type of armour indicated was worn. It was repainted in the 1860's. Pevsner states it may be a Tudor retrospective although is thought to be of Sir John Wych (1340-1350). Compare the similar effigy (although of stone) in Aldworth, Berskshire. Dr Claude Blaire confirms that this interesting monument is indeed medieval.  

   Crewkerne - St Bartholomew
Thomas Golde (1525)  brass

James (ob 1811) & Elizabeth (ob 1805)  Bernard
The figure is Charity
By Westmacott
(Nave)

Rev Henry Lockett MA  (ob 1778) & Frideswide (ob 1791)
Rector of Crowcombe & Prebendary of Wells. She was daughter of Samuel Farthing
By F. Robins of Bath
(Chancel)

Thomas Carew (ob 1766) & Mary (ob 1738) and Mary (ob 1757)
By Tyler (Gunnis)
(Carew Aisle - N of Nave)

Robert Cranmer Trollope (ob 1808)
(Carew Aisle - North of Nave)

Other Wall Monuments: John (1696) & Rebecca Farthing (1677), their son Samuel (1731), his wife Frideswide (1726) & their son. Both John & Samuel were rectors. (chancel)
Rev William Henry Harvey (1840) By Denham, Regents Street, London
Coventry Warrington Carew (1889).  
Thomas Fleming Trollope-Bellew (1993) (Nave)
Carew Family (16th - 18th C) five different marbles - several painted coats of arms (Carew Aisle)
George Henry Warrington Carew (1842) draped sarcophagus. By Westminster Marble Co.
Charles Lewis Moore & Thomas Carew Trollope who died in WWI. Brass plate with foul anchor and badge of Lincolnshire Yeomanry

The Carew Aisle is locked and is still owned by the family rather than by the church; however some photographs can be taken over the barrier. As well as the monuments there are many hatchments.

 Culbone - St Culbone
Lord Lovelace - stone inscriptions plates by Voysey

Many of the photographs were originally taken by the Publicity Officer but further photographs were subsequntly kindly supplied by Phil Draper of Church Crawler . The black and white illustrations are from photographic reproductions which appeared in Alfred C. Fryer 'Monumental Effigies Made by Bristol Craftsmen' (1240-1550) in Archaeologia LXXIV (1925) pp 1-72 and 'Monumental Effigies of Somerset' (14 parts and 2 supplements) in Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society between 1915 and 1925 with 2 supplements, the first in 1930; these were kindly sent to me by Dr Claude Blaire, Vice-President and Founder-Member of the Society. Sally Badham FSA and founder-member supplied the photographs from Bathampton and Whatley. The etchings are from Hollis.