Sileby History
Its people and places. A community through time.
MURAL TABLETS AND MEMORIAL PLAQUES
A small number of wall memorials and plaques are situated throughout the church.
MR1
Maker : Shenton, Hull & Pollard – Leicester.
Situated near North Door - North Aisle.
IN A VAULT NEAR THIS PLACE
ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF
KATHERINE AYNSWORTH. ..SPINSTER
LATE OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED THE 26TH OF JULY 1807
AGED 71 YEARS
ALSO OF HER SISTER
MRS MARY CLIFFORD. ..WIDOW
LATE OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED THE 11TH OF SEPTR 1814
AGED 74 YEARS
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED PURSUANT TO THE
WILL OF THE SAID KATHERINE AYNSWORTH, WHO
THEREBY ALSO BEQUEATHED TO THE CHURCHWAR-
DENS OF THIS PARISH, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS FOR-
EVER A TRIENNIAL SUM OF TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS
TO BE PAID ON THE LAST DAY OF EVERY THIRD
YEAR FROM THE TIME OF HER DECEASE, FOUR FIFTH
PARTS OF WHICH ARE TO BE APPLIED IN KEEPING
THIS MONUMENT IN GOOD REPAIR AND THE RESIDUE
RETAINED BY THEM FOR THEIR TROUBLE THEREIN
MR2
Situated on the South Aisle wall
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS JONES BRIGHAM ESQR OF COSSINGTON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, DECBR 11TH 1822
IN THE 74TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
AND OF ANNE HIS WIFE (WIDOW OF
THOMAS KING ESQR)
WHO DIED AT COSSINGTON OCTBR 18TH 1821
IN HER 77TH YEAR
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THESE
HER BELOVED PARENTS
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR DAUGHTER
SOPHIA BRIGHAM
MR3
Situated near the South Door on the South Aisle wall
IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
THE REVD JOHN DUDLEY, M.A,
62 YEARS VICAR OF HUMBERSTON,
AND 61 YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH,
SECOND WRANGLER AND SMITH'S PRIZEMAN 1785,
SOMETIME FELLOW AND TUTOR
OF CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE,
CHAPLAIN TO THE MARQUIS OF EXETER,
47 YEARS ONE OF H M JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,
AUTHOR OF A DISSERTATION ON THE RIVER NIGER
OF NAOLOGY AND OTHER WORKS,
ELDEST SON OF THE REVD JOHN DUDLEY,
35 YEARS VICAR OF HUMBERSTON,
AND GRANDSON OF THE REVD PAUL DUDLEY,
LIKEWISE VICAR OF HUMBERSTON 54 YEARS
HE DIED 7TH JANUARY 1856
IN THE 94TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
ELEANOR (CARTER) HIS WIFE
DIED 5TH MAY 1847 AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO HIS NEICE
SARAH WIFE OF WILLIAM HUSKISSON, ESQ
BORN 1ST NOVEMBER 1796 DIED 5TH MAY 1864
"I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, SAITH THE LORD ;
HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE BE DEAD,
YET SHALL HE LIVE; AND WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND
BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE "
ANNE FRANCES HUSKISSON
DIED 26TH FEBRUARY 1886, AGED 61 YEARS.
BY WHOM THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO HER BELOVED RELATIVES
MR4
This Tablet was erected by the Sunday
School Teachers, Scholars and members of
the Choir in Loving Memory of
Constance Susannah Lenton Aged 16 Years
who Died Oct 7 1904
a faithful Worker in Choir and Sunday School
MY HOPE IS BUILT UPON NOTHING LESS
THAN JESUS BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Situated near the Lady Chapel on the South Aisle wall
MR5
IN MEMORY OF
CHARLES FREDERICK GOSS
CHOIRMASTER AND ORGANIST
OF THIS CHURCH 1906-1958
WHO DIED 13TH JULY 1963, AGED 79 YEARS
Situated near the Lady Chapel on the South Aisle wall
MR6
Miss Grace Barber
a faithful servant of St. Marys Church
throughout her life.
In memory of her service to the
people of Sileby as a Parish Councillor,
Rural District Councillor, Borough Councillor
and Honorary Alderman
1909 - 2005
Situated in the Lady Chapel on the South wall
