M Inscriptions for Willington

[Adamand]

It would seem that there are no listers researching the Thornley area so here are surnames for Willington.
These cover 800 gravestones and not the entire cemetery.
I usually stop when the dates get in to the 1920's or so.
There are 32 colliery deaths amongst them.

Adams, Adamson(Archer) Ainsley, Alder, Alder(Flynn), Alderson, Allison, Alker, Allen, Anderson, Anderson(Purvis) Anson?, Archer, Armory, Armstrong, Arrowsmith(Ostel) Atkinson, Bacon?. Bainbridge.
Bake, Baker, Bambrough, Barker, Barlow, Barnard, Barton, Baxter, Beck, Beeton(Wailes) Bell, Beman, Bennett, Beveridge, Blackburn, Blackett, Blake, Blakeborough, Blakey, Boleyn, Bourne, Bowser, Boxby, Braithwaite, Brewer, Briggs(Hopper) Britten(Hickman) Bromley, Brooks, Brown, Brownbridge, Brownlee, Bulman, Burdus, Burrill, Canvin, Carlin, Carpenter, Carr, Carter, Chalenger, Charlton, Chicken, Chivers(James) Clark, Clarke, Clement, Close, Clough, Coates(Woodcock) Colledge, Collishaw, Collin, Cook, Cooper, Copeland, Cotherston, Coughlan, Coulson, Cowan, Coxan, Cree, Cummings, Curry, Curtis, Daley, Davison, Dawson, Day, Defty(Morland-Colling) Dent, Dixon, Dobson, Dodds, Dover, Dowsey, Drake, Dunlop.Durbin, Elliott, Elliott(Bowser, Elliott(Rand) Elms, Elsbey, Emmerson, Etherington, Evans, Farr, Fawcett, Fielding, Finlayson, Fleming, Fletcher, Flintoff, Folkard, Forbisher, Ford, Foster, Foster(Stephenson) Fox, Frame, Frances, Franklin, Friend, Frost, Garfoot, Gatis(Cook) Geddess, Gibson, Glaister, Glasper, Golightly,
Good, Goodenough, Gott, Gould, Gouldsborough, Graham, Gray, Griffin, Guy, Hacker, Hale, Haley, Hall, Halladay, Hamblin, Hankey, Hanney, Harris, hatley, Hayley, Heads, Henderson, Henderson(Taylor) Henfrey, Herdman, Hetherington, Hewitson, High, Hillary, Hinter, Hodgson, Hogarth, Homer, Holmes,  Hope, Hope(Cummings-Blank) Hopkinson, Hopper, Hopper(lakey) Howard, Howdon, Hoyle, Hudspeth, Hull, Hume, Hunter, Hunter, Huntley, Husher, Hutchinson, Ibertson, Iley, Iveson, Jackson, James, Jefferson, Johnson(Pescod) Jones, Kasher, Kasher(Foster) Kellett, Kent, Khimer(Skinner) Kinsey(Robinson) Kyle, Lamb, landsell, larnach, Lawrence, laws, Lawson, laws(Robinson) Lowther, Lawton, Lear, Leighton, Liddle, Lincoln, Lindsay, Lintern, Lister, Little, Lomax, Long, Longstaff, Lonsdale, Lord?, Loughton, Love, Love(Davidson) Lowery. Lowes, Lucas,  Ludlow, Maddsion, Maggs, Manners, Marley, Marmsbeck, Marr, Marshall, Martin, Mason(Wilson) Maughan, May, McKinley, Melville, Metcalfe, Metcalfe(Dyson) mews, Middlemas, Middleton(Raine) Mills, Minns, Mitchell, Mitty, Morland, Morris, Morton, Mullen, Murdock, Naisbit, Nattrass, Mewell, Newton,  Nicholson, Ord, Osborne, Owens, Oyston, Palin, Parkins, Parkinson, Parson, Pattison, Paxton, Paylor, Peake, Pearey(Gollghtly) Pears, Pearson, Penna, Percy?, Pescod, Philipson, Poole, Prior, Proud, Race, Raine(Cameron), Raisbeck, Ramsay, Ranson, Rawlings, Rayson, Readhead, Reed, Richardson, Ridley, Roberts, Robinson, Robson, Rosenthorne, Routledge, Roxby, Rutherford, Rutter, Ruxton(Davied, Sampson, Savage, Sawer, Scarlet, Scarr, Schofield, Scorer(Murray) Scott(Whitfield) Scratcher, Scurr(Parks) Shingler, Sidgwick, Simpson, Small, Smith, Snowdon(Cummings) Somerville, Soulsby, Spence, Sperring?(Osborne?)Stanworth, Stanworth, Stephenson, Steward, Stonehouse, Strickland, Stuart, Sutherland(Philips) Sutton, Sweeney, Tatham, Taylor, Thexton, Thirkell, Thirwell, Thompson, Thompson(Raylor-Briggs) Thorns, Thornton, Todd, Topping, Toward, Thomas, Truscott, Turner, Underwood, Vipond, Wakefield, Walker, Walters, Wanless, Ward, Watchman, Watson, Waugh, Wearmouth, Webb, Webster, Weeks, Weir, Welford, Welsh, Wheatley, Wherry, White, Wightman, Wild, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Wilks, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Wilson(Bramley) Wingrove, Wood, Woodward, Wright, Wyndham, Wynn.

Adam.

[mim]

Hi Adam,

Please could I have the Davison, Foster, Friend and Jackson inscriptions.

Hope this is not asking too much!

mim

[lynne j]

Hi adam please is it possible to  have the name curry, henderson (taylor) and todd please
thank you lynnej

[Adamand]

Hello Mim. Here are the inscriptions:-

In loving memory of William beloved husband of Mary Davison of 19 High street, Willington, who died December1/1910 aged 73 years.
Also of Mary Davison, as above named who died April/15/1922 aged 86 years.

In loving memory of Isabella the beloved wife of William Atkinson Friend of Willington, who died March/21/1885 aged 29 years.

Sacred to the memory of Thomas, son of William and Ann Friend of Willington, who departed this life on the 22/August/1862 aged 38 years.

In loving memory of Mary Elizabeth, beloved wife of James Friend, who died November/24/1930 aged 56 years.
Also the above James Friend, who died 4/November/1954? aged 76 years.

Sacred to the memory of Ivy, dearly beloved daughter of John and Hannah Foster, who died September/25/1909 age six and a half years.
Also George William Foster HAWKE Batt, RND who fell in action December/27/1915 aged 20 years ( I seem to remember that I have posted this info before)

In loving memory of Sarah the beloved and only daughter of Thomas and Ann Foster of Willington, who died January/13/1922 aged 14 years.

In loving memory of Sarah, beloved wife of William Foster, died April/5/1930? aged 73 years.

In loving memory of William, beloved husband of Sarah Foster of Willington, who died December/23/1918 from injuries received at Brancepeth Colliery, December/21/1918 aged 27 years.

In loving memory of John the beloved husband of Jane Jackson, who died August/31/1895.

In loving remembrance of Sarah, the beloved wife of William jackson of Willington, who departed this life December/30/1897 aged 56 years.
Also the above named William Jackson, who departed this life January16/1903 aged 66 years.
118038 Pioneer L ? Jackson, Royal Engineers, 18/August/1917 aged 28 years.

In loving memory of our dear sister Elizabeth Jackson of Water Houses, who died April/15?/1904 aged 28 years.

In loving memory of Edith Annie, beloved daughter of Thomas and Emily Jackson of Willington, who died June/16/1905 aged 7 years and 9 months.

Adam

[Adamand]

Hello Lynne. Here they are:-

In loving memory of John the beloved husband of Ann Curry of Fern house, Wilington, who died August/7/1887 aged 46 years.
Also the above Ann Curry, who died May/23/1903 aged 65 years.

To the memory of Jane Henderson, daughter of Robert and Ann Taylor of Willington, who died October/16/1862 aged 58 years.

In loving memory of Elizabeth, wife of William Todd of Willington, who died January/30/1896 aged 69? years.

In loving memory of Harry, beloved son of John and Isabella Todd, who was accidentally burnt to death at Brancepeth Colliery.

This next inscription was taken from broken and scattered pieces
and I believe it is part of the above Todd memorial stone.

On July/14/1904 aged 14 1/2 years.
Also Annie Evely their daughter who died May/16/1897 aged 5 months.

Adam

[lynne j]

Hi Adam ,thank you very much
lynnej

[mim]

Adam,

Many thanks for all your hard work. Much appreciated.

mim

[mwragg1]

I'm new to this and wondered if you might be able to help me.

Some of my ancestors come from Willington and wondered if you might be able to let me have the inscriptions for Parkinson and Dover?

Regards,

Mat

[Adamand]

Hello Mat. Here is the inscriptions from Wilington:-

In loving memory of Jane, widow of the late Thomas Dover, who died at Willington December/22/1890? aged 86 years.
Also of Matthew Henry Dover, who died in infancy.
Also Matthew Dover, son of the above Thomas and Jane Dover, who died December/22/1884 age 52 years.
Also William, their son who died September/13/1897 aged 51 years.

In affectionate memory of Jane, the beloved wife of James Parkinson of Willington, who died 1/Dec/1891 aged 63 years.
Also the above James Parkinson, who died August/15/1902 aged 77 years.

In loving memory of Thomas Parkinson, late of Nackshiven farm, who died 23/June/1932 aged 36 years.

In loving memory of Ambrosine, the beloved wife of Robert Parkinson, who died 20/June/1932 aged 36 years.

Adam