Church of England/Churches Conservation Trust
Islington
Norfolk
W. Norfolk
TF 571 169
TCCT
9
1701
1790
Recorded Ledgerstones
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 1
Rectangular wall memorial now detached and lying against the East wall of Chancel. The pediment is decorated with two cherub heads with foliar decoration. The two top corners are cut away in a reverse curve. The double inscription panel is framed with a single rounded moulding and is divided by a central moulding of the same type. The apron is curved with square consoles left and right. The lettering is incised Roman caps and l/c. The long ʃ is used.
The condition is very worn and the right hand upper inscription which appears to be to the wife of Robert Wiseman, Senior is largely illegible.
Cream stone
1775
44 1/4 x 32 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches
1120 x 830 x 60 mm
Left-hand side
Near this Place /
Lieth the body of /
Rob.t Wiʃeman ʃenior /
Bricklayer who depart /
ed this life the 15 day /
of September 17_9 /
Aged 74 years /
He left Iʃsue three /
Children Named (reverse N) /
Jane Rob.t and John /
Lower right-hand third
Also four Child.n of Rob.t /
Wiʃeman Junior and /
Sarah his wife. They /
died in their Infancy /
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 2
Rectangular grey ledgerstone. The lettering is incised Roman caps and l/c featuring a stylised letter w. The names are in embellished Gothic caps and l/c. The long ʃ and archaic spelling are used. Above the inscription is a shield with mantling above and a foliated border below. Above the shield is a crest surmounting a wreath.
Full Blazon: Ermine, a lion rampant[Azure],on a canton[Or]an eagle displayed[Sable] EDWARDS
On a closed sidefacing helm, is a crest of an ibex passant[Sable]doublehorned[or]
Ref a Heraldry on Norfolk Churches 3 West Norfolk P. 42
(Blomefield gives the edwards lion rampant guardant, but the slab is definitely not guardant
Farrer states that in his time it was at the west end of the church.
Polished gray stone
1688
65 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches
1670 x 810 x 82 mm
Here lye waithing (sic) for the Bleʃsed / Reʃurrection, the Bodies of /
Nicholas Edwards Gent /
and Ann his wife, /
He died the 3.d of Dec: 1701, /
Aged 42 Yeares (sic). /
She died the 29.th of Oct: 1688 /
Aged 30 Yeares (sic).
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 3
Rectangular grey ledgerstone. The inscription which is at the head of the stone is incised Roman caps and l/c. Italics are used.
Polished gray stone
1731
77 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches
1970 x 980 x 150 mm
A wall memorial on the North wall of the chancel records the deaths of 3 sons and 4 daughters of Anthony Dixon.
In Memory /
of M.r ANTHONY DIXON /
who Erected a Monument near this place /
to the Memory of his beloved Children /
and departed this life 17.th of July 1731. /
Aged 67 Years /
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 4
Rectangular ledgerstone lying South to North. The lettering which is in the top quarter of the stone is incised Roman caps and l/c. The lower half of the stone is cracked in two.
Gray stone
1768
80 1/4 x 39 inches
2060 x 990 mm
Here lieth the remains /
of ELEANOR the 2d Wife of /
JOSEPH HEARD of Kings Lynn /
who died 5. April 1768 /
in the 49th Year of her Age. /
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 5
Rectangular grey ledgerstone lying West to East. The inscription which is at the head of the stone is incised Roman caps and l/c. The stone is badly cracked across the middle.
Gray stone
1746
33 x 26 inches
845 x 650 mm
FORTISCUE HELMORE G–nt /
Born Oct.r 15.th 1689. /
Died Nov.r 29.th 1746. /
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 6
Rectangular grey ledgerstone lying North to South. The lettering is incised Roman caps and l/c. The inscription is at the head of the stone.
The stone is cracked in several places.
Gray stone
1769
73 x 39 1/2 inches
1870 x 1000 mm
In Memory of /
JOSEPH HEARD, of Kings-Lynn, /
who departed this Life /
7.th February 1769, /
Aged 40 Years. /
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 7
Rectangular grey ledgerstone lying West to East. The inscription which is on the upper section of the stone is incised Roman caps and l/c. The long ʃ is used.
Gray stone
1788
78 x 39 3/4 inches
2000 x 1010 mm
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 8
Rectangular grey ledgerstone lying West to East. The lettering which is at the head of the stone is incised Roman caps and l/c. The long ʃ is used.
Gray stone
1790
87 3/4 x 49 1/2 inches
2025 x 1260 mm
In Memory of /
THOMAS DIXON Eʃquire /
DIED /
the XXXI Day of January /
MDCCLXXXX (1790) /
Aged LXXXI (81) Years. /
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
Islington, St Mary : Ledgerstone 9
Rectangular black ledgerstone. The lettering which is at the head of the stone is incised Roman caps and l/c. The long ʃ and some archaic spellings are used.
Black stone
1775
79 3/4 x 39 1/4 inches
2010 x 995 mm
Here lies interr’d the Body of /
MARY HOSTE Wife of /
THEODORE HOSTE (of Ingoldthorpe (sic) /
in this County Eʃq.r ) and Daughter /
of Mr FORTESCUE HELMORE and /
MARY his Wife who was the only /
Daughter of ANTHONY DIXON Eʃqr /
of Clenchwharton (sic) who Departed /
this Life on Tueʃday the 19.th Day /
of December 1775. in the 54 Year /
of her Age, /
leaving behind her Two Sons /
DIXON and WILLIAM impreʃʃed /
with a Gratefull (sic) Senʃe of her /
Maternal Care and Tenderneʃs. /
King’s Lynn Church Recorders:
Jeanne Moller
David Greening
Jill Price
Gill Savage
