Church of England
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire District Council
SU 609 895
Revd. David Rice
22 Castle Street
Wallingford
Oxon
OX10 8DW
7
1600
1842
Recorded Ledgerstones
Wallingford, St Peter : Ledgerstone 1
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
Lettering on the lower part across the divided stone
Uppercase
Condition poor. The stone is divided into two uneven pieces from top to bottom
Local limestone
670 x 840 mm
26.5 x 33 inches
RE[L] [YE]
ABE [H]E
DAY OF MARCH
[DOM]INI AG[ED] 6[9]
Eve Thornton
Wallingford, St Peter : Ledgerstone 2
Square
Aligned North to South
Only a small area at the bottom of the stone is without lettering
Upper and lowercase
Condition fair
York stone
1600
840 x 870 mm
33 x 34 inches
Mrs Anne Crouche widow
e
Was Buried y 20th day of January 16[ ]
Aged 88
Mrs Elianor Crouch [ ]a [ ]
Buried y 12 day of January [ ]
Mrs ELIZABETH [ ]
ON THE 20 of [ ]
MRS ANNE [ ]OATE[S DYED ]
ANNO DOMINI [ ]
Eve Thornton
Wallingford, St Peter : Ledgerstone 3
Rectangular
Aligned South to North
Stone has been cut in half from side to side with some lettering at the top of the top half and lettering on the top two thirds of the bottom half with a memento mori underneath
Upper and lowercase
Doth, sonne (with long s), dyed and yeares
Condition fair. The left hand side of the stone has been reduced by a few millimeters
Hornton stone
1706
990 x 533 mm
39 x 21 inches
[Father] [ ]
E
[ ed] Y L[o ] d
[no] life which time doth [ ]
[that] is life indeed which [have ]
[Th]omas sonne of Robert and
ances Cheney dyed Sep [ ]
A
1706 AGED [20] YEARES
Eve Thornton
Wallingford, St Peter : Ledgerstone 4
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
Lettering at top of stone
Upper and lowercase
Condition poor. A third of the stone on the left hand side has been cut off from the remainder possibly right under the font
Portland or Purbeck stone
1759
670 x 830 mm
26.5 x 33 inches
ANN W[ ]
Widow [o]f RICHARD W[ ] Esq
th
died M[ ] 1759
[ ] ears
Eve Thornton
Wallingford, St Peter : Ledgerstone 5
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering is spread evenly over the stone
Upper and lowercase, most numerals in italics
Condition very good
York stone
1809
970 x 660 mm
38 x 26 inches
S.S. MAIRIS,
th
died 15. APRIL 1809,
Aged 18 Months,
________________
A.P. MAIRIS,
th y
died 24 Jan. 1815,
Aged 16 Years.
Eve Thornton
Wallingford, St Peter : Ledgerstone 6
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering is over all of the stone
Upper and lowercase
Condition poor
Purbeck
1775
1678 x 904 mm
66 x 37 inches
[ ] [under] thi[ ] Stone
[is[ [deposited][the] Remains
of [Elly] Wife of
[W] [ ] TOOLEY
who departed this Life
[Dec] [ ] [1775] Aged 7[8]
[a] lso
the Remains of [ ] above
[W] [H] TOOLEY
who died [Nov] [20] [1787]
Aged 92 Years
Eve Thornton
Wallingford, St Peter : Ledgerstone 7
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
A cock is engraved at the top of the stone. Lettering is underneath and a non-engraved area has a momento mori engraved underneath at the bottom
Uppercase
Condition excellent
Welsh slate
1780
2006 x 1000 mm
79 x 39 inches
SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 1780.
SARAH BLACKSTONE 1783.
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 1814.
SUSAN BLACKSTONE 1816.
JAMES BLACKSTONE 1831.
TH
ELIZ. FLAMANCK BLACKSTONE 1852.
The cock features on the Blackstonefamily crest. Sir William Blackstone became Recorder of Wallingford, was Mr Justice Blackstone, author of ‘Commentaries on the Laws of England’
There is and elaborate memorial to Sir William Blackstone on the outside south wall of the nave.
Eve Thornton
