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Barnborough  Bilborough Bilton Ainsty  Ecclesfield Fountains Abbey Kirk Deighton Nether Poppleton   Harrogate Ryther Thornhill   Tickhill  Wadworth Wakefield
Barnborough - St Peter
Kn holding heart of early  14th century; oak and very fine. The canopy belongs to the tomb of Percival Cresacre (1477) Inscriptions
Bilbourgh - St James
Thomas 3rd Lord Fairfax (1671) Usually Sir Thomas Fairfax 'Black Tom'. He was Lord General of the New Model Army responsible for the defeat of Charles I; Oliver Cromwell was his Lieutenant General (2nd in command) at this time.
John Norton  He was founder of this church in the 15th century. Above Left tomb chest; above right: lid with indents of lost brasses
Bilton Ainsty
St Helen


Lady of the early 14th century in the south chapel. The photograph above shows her braided hair.


Above: Ursula Hutton, her Husband & a second woman 1640-50
Right Top: Detail of the above
Right Lower Left: see right where details are given.
Nether Poppleton  St Everilda

Above: Anne Hutton (1651)
Left Lower Right: Sir Thomas Hutton (1620)
Ecclesfield - St Mary Fountains Abbey


Above: Knight early 14 century
Left: Sir Richard Scott (1638) by William Wright. The iron grill is original but restored in 1794. He was comptroller of the househould of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. Died in Ireland
Harrogate - St Mary
Richard Chapman Lofthouse (1832-1907) Surgeon-General in the British Army and founder of the church which is no longer in use.
Photograph taken by Kenneth Paver and used by grateful permission.
    
Kirk Deighton
All Saints
Richard Burton (1656) A Royalist during the Civil War and rector from 1648 until his death
    Ripon Cathedral    
A small but very welcoming and friendly cathedral in a delighful town. Park in one of the modestly priced car parks. Entrance is free but there is a £3.00 charge for photography.
Ripon Cathedral is a Cathedral of the Modern Foundation, having been raised to cathedral status in 1836, the first to be created since the Reformation.
South-West Tower
Note: This area is used a a store for chairs and other concert equipment so it has not been possible to photograph the monuments adequately. The very large monument to Sir Edward Blacket can only be photographed in part at the moment, others not at all.
Sir Edward Blackett Bt. MP (1718) He is shown reclining, flanked by figures of two of his three wives. By ? John Hancock. Emily Oxley (1898), her husband Admiral C L Oxley JP(1920) & their children: Violet Fremantle (1944), Cmdr C B Oxle RN, DSC, Charles Oxley (1959), Margaret Winifred Eliot (1969), Agnes Oxley (1971), Rose Oxley (1976) & Dorothy, Vicountess Arbuthnot OBE  (1990). At the time of death each child's head was added to the memorial. Bizarre.
Nave
Hugh Ripley (1637) Last 'Wakeman'  ( responsible for the security of the town once the 'night watch' had been set) and first Mayor of Ripon. A kneeling frontal effigy.
South Choir Aisle
Moses Fowler (1608) He was the first dean under James I's restored collegiate foundation of 1604, having previously been the incumbent of the parish church.
South Aisle   North Aisle
 
'The Lion Tomb' On the top  is incised the figure of a lion in a wood background and a kneeling man. The inscription in the base is illegible. But is it a tomb at all? Hellen Bayne (1694/95) 'March the 24th (being Easter-day) in the 34th year of her Age'   Lt Ingleby Stuart Jefferson RN (1917). Kia age 24 while in command of H M Submarine C34 in the North Sea

  North Transept
  Left: John (1788) & Elizabeth Lister 
Below: Sir Thomas Markenfield (1398) & Dionisia Fought in Hundred Years War; heraldic detail on tomb chest and armour (now worn but records exist)
Above: Sir Thomas Markenfield (1497) & Eleanor The great grandson of the above. Fought in Wars of the Roses: on the losing sides at Towton & Bosworth. Records exist of heraldry and inscription.
Lt Robert James Darley Widdilove RN Lt Francis William Darley Waddilove

Above: Coffin Lid 14th century
Left: John (1788) & Elizabeth Lister
South Transept
William Weddell by Nollekens Aislabie Family Sir John Mallorie(1678)
Sir Edward Blackett Bar. &c. &c. &c. (1804) Various Wall Monuments in the Nave Thomas K____ ington MB (1809)
Various other wall monuments
Please note I was unable to complete this section owing to camera failure; I will do so in due course
 Robert Moore Bowman JP MRCS (1914)   William Norton (1721 age 44); Margaret Norton (17?3) age 39
Ryther - All Saints   Spofforth - All Saints
  

Sir Robert de Plumpton III (1324) Although not obvious from the above, the figure has crossed legs.
Photograph sent with thanks by Jean McCreanor, taken by Kenneth Paver and used by permission
Sir Robert Ryther (?)  (1327) & Wife
Tickhill - St Mary


Top Left: Tomb chest perpendicular
Bottom Left: Incised slab
Top Right: Badly repaired incised slab
Bottom Left: Brass inscription



Thornhill - St Michael
Sir John Thornhill (?) (1321) Sir John Savile (1540) & Two Wives, a Vernon and a Paston. Effigies of oak and originally under an oak four poster. Erected 1529
Sir John Savile (1481) & Wife Alabaster effigies
Wadworth
St John the Baptist

Above Left: Effigy 14th century
Above Right: Knight late 14th century. Note beard and hunting horn. Probably a forester of Hatfield Chase
Right Top: Edmund Fitzwilliam (1465) & Wife
Right Bottom: Incised Slab
  Wakefield Cathedral  
  Wakefield is a cathedral of the modern foundation, having been a parish church until 1888. Park in one of the modestly priced card parks nearby. No entrance fee or charge for photography.  

Sir Lyon Pilkington (1714)
Above: William Walsham How DD 1st Bishop of Wakefield 1888-1897
Left: Janet Maud (1824) by J Kendrick to the design of Mrs Maud's husband
Right: John Ingram (1841) & Family The most attractive in the cathedral set against one of the pillars in the chancel.
Some 18th & 19th Century Tablets
 Above From left to right:  
1.Ann [Waddington] (1718 aged 13)
2. Samuel Disney MA (1741) 'Lecturer at this church' . His son Samuel Disney LLB '...late vicar of Haſstead in Eſſex and was buried there agreeably to his own requeſst...' His wife's sister Mrs Mary Proctor. His wife, Margery, erected this monument.
3. Christopher [Henlysen] MD
4. William & Catherine (1741) Dowson. Their children Catherine ('died young') & Walker (1793)
       
Martha Hanson (1791) Also her husband Cptn Ralph Hanson (1815) and their daughter Katharine Dealtry (1851) Thomas Pilkington Bart  Henry Clemetshaw (1821) '...upwards of Fifty Years organist of this church...'  Edward Green (1865) Alderman of Wakefield and engineer 'of considerable eminence...his inventions were of service to the country...' John Cookson MB (1879) 

 
 

The etchings are from Hollis and the drawing from I'Anson; the photographs from Sally Badham & Jean McCreanor, except those in Ripon & Wakefield which are by the Publicity Officer
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