Rothwell Holy Trinity

[Tom Piper]

Just to let you know I have commenced surveying and recording the inscriptions on the gravestones in Rothwell Holy Trinity graveyard. Photographs of the stones and transcriptions of the inscriptions are on Yorkshire Indexers. 

I am making my own map, and there is no current map at all. I have started in an area of the churchyard which I call the north west section. I would expect that this project will take almost two years as the graveyard is in a poor state, many of the stones difficult read, many upside down.

Eventually I will have a database of many names which I will make available to the church secretary-hopefully the administrator of the church's website will have worked out how we can put the information on the net. Please don't bombard me with look ups, but I have already been able to assist suprbr find the lost remains of his Spink relatives grave-the photograph is on Yorkshire Indexers.

http://www.yorkshireindexers.co.uk/forum/index.php

Tom

[Tom Piper]

Superbr

Colin Hinson who hosts Genuki, Rothwell, has kindly agreed to allow me to place  inscriptions on the gravestones on his website. If you follow the link, you will see two parts of the graveyard carried out, much more to do, and a map as well in the future.

Here's the link.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Rothwell/index.html

Tom

[erin petrie]

Could anyone help me locate a headstone in Rothwell Holy Trinity? I have a picture of it (that I can't manage to post here...) and would like to visit it someday - I live in Vancouver BC and, of course, travel isn't feasible now. . It is a large headstone, comes to an oval at top memorializing these people. I would guess it would be 36" high if standing -

THOMAS ELLIS  of Carlton who died Aug 29 1881 aged 64 years "His End was Peace"  Also JANE, wife of the above, who died May 15, 1892, aged 71 years  (long quote follows) Also JANE SWIFT, daughter of the above, who died Feb 16, 1938 aged 80 years  Then chiseled in much late in lighter mark - Also WALTER SWIFT a very dear husband, dad & granddad died Nov. 28, 1975   

I'm hoping that this wasn't a headstone repurposed when the church was rebuilt. From the picture, it looks to me as though the headstone has fallen facing Wood Lane and is in the last row. I don't see a wall - the headstone faces a road but seems to be on an elevated area above it. I've visited Rothwell a few times and  I'm guessing wildly as to where it can be found :-)  Many thanks to anyone who can help with this!

[Calverley Lad]

Erin: This the memorial detail for Thomas?
 Area
   
Leeds & District   
   
Cemetery
   
Rothwell (Holy Trinity)   
   
Record
      
Entry
   
1474   
   
Event Type
   
Burial   
   
Given Name
   
Thomas   
   
Surname
   
ELLIS   
   
Gender
   
Male   
   
Abode Place
   
Carlton   
   
Event Day
   
31   
   
Event Month
   
8   
   
Event Year
   
1881   
   
Age Years
   
64   
   
Age Months
   
0   
   
Birth Year
   
1817 *   
   
Birth Year Calculated
   
1   
   
   
Register
   
4   
   
Page
   
185   
   
Page Row
   
2   
 Brian

[Calverley Lad]

The site identified as yorkshireindexers.co.uk no longer exists!
A new site with the following address replaces it: https://yorkshireburials.uk/
 Brian

[erin petrie]

Hi Calverley Lad. Yes, that it the information for my Thomas Ellis.  Again, I'm sure it's Woods Lane side, closest to edge of cemetery.  I'm hoping I've correctly attached the image of the headstone here... Best, Erin

[Calverley Lad]

Yes the photo does clearly confirm the information posted earlier.
Looking at an image of Holy Trinity church viewed September 2020 there doesn't appeaar to be a grave shown visible on Woods Lane.
 Brian

[Wave Watcher]

Hi Tom Piper
My 2x Great-Grandfather Joseph Arundale 1824-1890 and 7 members of his family where buried in the graveyard of Holy Trinity Church Rothwell. Joseph own property, so I assume there was a headstone on the grave. From reading these postings, I now realise if the grave was originally in the grassed landscaped south section of the church, the headstone & grave no longer exists.
I have also checked the 3 North & North West sections which have been recorded (by you) and maintained online by John Redman, and found there was no Arundale grave in these lists.
Therefore has the mapping and recording in the overgrown North & North West section now finished or are there still headstones to be recorded? Best Regards Wave Watcher

[Calverley Lad]

Viewing this again after 18month gap just to say that some of the grave incumbents have been transcribed by the members of yorkshireburials.
https://search.yorkshireburials.uk
 Brian