31 Days of Graves Day 10 Profession

This is a very tricky theme to deal with! I’ve interpreted ‘profession’ to mean occupation. We’ve already met an apothecary and a matmaker on Day 8, but which of these other professions to write about?? I’ve stuck to writing about only those people whose profession or occupation is noted on their memorial stone, tempting though it is to include other people I know about!

In the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity as well as William Green the butcher, we also have the Newberry dynasty of butchers. Thomas Harriman was a carpenter, and Joseph Blunt a draper. Thomas Cresswell was a hatter, and James Mitchell an ironmonger and cutler. There is also Alpheus Buck, the plumber, Thomas Stanley the postmaster, and the Wells family of innkeepers. Naturally, there are clergy, like William James Whitaker, but also John Smith, servant to the Rev. James Bickham.  

So far, I have only found one midwife commemorated amongst the stones – Catherine Mottershaw, née Foreman, who married William Mottershaw in about 1859. Let’s take a closer look at the memorial stone inscription:

Sacred to the memory of

CATHARINE FOREMAN

Midwife

late Wife of

Willm MOTTERSHAW

she departed this Life

September 11th 1784;

Aged 48 Years  

Meanwhile, over in the Leicester Road old cemetery, we find bellfounders (members of the Taylor family) and members of the clergy in the Rev. David Dewar of Holy Trinity church. Former mayors, councillors, and JPs are also well-represented with memorials to Thomas Mayo (known as the grand old man of Loughborough) who was mayor 9 times; George Hill, and Hilda Dormer, the first woman mayor of Loughborough, in 1947-1948 (pictured below). John Sparrow was a journalist who died at the young age of 27 in 1886. There are also a few memorials to head teachers, including James Upton (whose school was attended by Ion Livingston Gimson whom we met on Day 2), and William Hollinshead, head teacher of Rosebery School, who died from injuries sustained when falling from a ladder at the school.     

Thank you for coming along on this journey of discovery with me!

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31 Days of Graves Day 9 Mysterious

So, here I am, wondering what exactly the definition of mysterious might be!! Hopefully, open to interpretation, and hopefully, I’ve found something that fits the bill. But, most certainly not my first offering … 

You might be able to tell from the photograph, that this Swithland slate gravestone in the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity, is quite a lot smaller than the ones which surround it. In hindsight, my research rucksack should have included a tape measure. There is nothing mysterious about this memorial: on its small face it contains much information, other than the cause of the poor little boy’s death.

Here lieth the Body of

THEOPHILUS, Son of

Theops & Eliz: HENSHAW

He died Sept 28th 1745 Aged

2 Years 2 Months & 10 Days

My dearest friends do not lament

Since Death shook ¬his Alarms

Twas but the Voice my Saviour sent

To Call me to his Arms  

The other headstone I’d like to share with you is found in the same cemetery, but is standing upright, resting on the grassy bank, facing Steeple Row. When I say upright, at first glance it seems to be so, but actually it’s the wrong way upright! By which I mean it’s standing in a portrait position, but should be in a landscape position. Its position and the weathering makes the inscription unreadable.

This is clearly a headstone that was never meant to be stand upright. It’s more likely it is from the sides of a more elaborate structure, perhaps a brick tomb, or similar, and probably had matching stones either adjacent or on the other tomb faces. We might see something similar when we get to Day 29 of this challenge. In the meantime, here’s the photograph

The above memorial stone lies fairly close to another one, which might be significant. This particular stone is also upright, and stands almost opposite the door to the church. It is clearly only part of the memorial, as it is much larger than the ones which surround it. The inscription reads:

In this vault

are interred the remains of

Henry Whatton Esq.

 

My personal opinion is that the above two stones are part of the same vault. My question is, are they both slate (the first one doesn't look like it, so I need to go back and check in the churchyard), and if they are slate, and were attached to a stone or brick vault, would the nature of Swithland slate (difficlut to slice cleanly, which often leaves the backs very rough, with chisel markes) make them difficult to attach, or are they Welsh slate - or maybe they are too early for such? Something to research for another day!!

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31 Days of Graves Day 8 1700-1799

Until now, most of the headstones we’ve looked at have been found in the old part of the Leicester Road cemetery. This opened in 1856, at a time when other burial grounds represented a health hazard, and when they were reaching capacity. One advantage of the new cemetery was that people from all denominations could be buried in the same cemetery, albeit in separate areas, where previously other places of worship, like non-conformist chapels would have had their own burial ground.

So, it’s unlikely we’ll find any headstones dating back to the 1700s in the Leicester Road cemetery. The ones presented here are all in the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity, the parish church.

Thomas Towers was an apothecary, married to Grace Burnett. Thomas was born in 1693, and Grace in 1687, and the couple married on 29 October 1726 in the parish of St Martins in Stamford (currently in Lincs.). They had two children, Burnett born in 1727, who died at the age of 19 in 1746, and Margaret (dates unknown). Thomas was a master apothecary, and in 1729 had two apprentices, being Septimus Jolley of Wigston, and John Guttridge of Loughborough. Thomas died in 1773, Grace in 1752.

Here’s the transcription of the Swithland slate gravestone:

In memory

Of Thomas Towers Apothecary

And Grace his wife

He died the 18th of Nov 1773 Aged 80

She died the 30th of Sep 1752 Aged 45

Also in memory

Of Burnett & Margaret their children

Burnett died the 9th of Jan 1746

Aged 19 years

 

Sadly, the inscription relating to Margaret is beneath the soil.

 

Another Swithland slate gravestone, with its details appearing in a circular shape, is the memorial to Jane Webster, wife of Joseph, who died in 1727. Each of the top corners is adorned with an engraved angel, very similar to a Belvoir Angel. Here’s the transcription:

Here lyeth

The body of Jane

The wife of Joseph Webster

Who departed this life Septembr

The 22d. Anno Dom 1727

Aged 45

 

The remainder of the inscription is below the soil level. 

The headstones in the parish churchyard were re-arranged in the 1960s, so some are standing upright in clusters, some are laying upright around the perimeter of the graveyard and the raised grassy areas, while others are laid out flat on the ground, forming a pathway. The next headstone is one of the latter. It reads:

Here

lieth interr'd the body

of Mr. Daniel Farmer who

departed this life on the 13th day

of January A.D. 1734 in the 80th

year of his age

  

Like the memorial to Jane Webster, this stone has two Belvoir Angel-like engravings.

 

The memorial to John Dod and his with Ann is divided into two. Looking at the left-hand side, we find the details relating to John, and on the right-hand side, the details relating to Ann. The couple died 10 years apart.

Here

lieth the body of

John Dod

He departed this life

the 15th Day of Feb

1764

Aged 62 Years

 

Here Also

lieth the body of

Ann his wife

She departed this life

the 4th day of Apr

1774

Aged 66 years

William Robinson and his wife Elizabeth, who both lived into their 80s, are also commemorated in this churchyard. Often, the occupation of the deceased was mentioned on the memorial stone, and in this case we learn that William was a matmaker.  

Here lies the body

of William Robinson

Mat-maker, who departed

this life August the 18^th

1779 aged 83 year

Allso of Elizabeth

his wife, She died

Jan the 6th 1798

aged 80 years

 

Thank you for reading about today's gravestones. Pop back tomorrow for stones on a different theme. 

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31 Days of Graves Day 7 Repaired

Looking around our local cemeteries, there are plenty of broken graves, either standing upright, or having been laid down to avoid them falling, but finding a grave that’s been repaired, as opposed to having been put upright again after having been laid flat, proved difficult.

I have only one repaired headstone to share with you, which I found in the old cemetery on Leicester Road.

Julia Elizabeth Cartwright was baptised at All Saints church in Loughborough on 1 September 1867. Her parents were Zachariah and Ellen. Julia Elizabeth’s husband, Joseph Smalley, was born in Shepshed on 23 November 1869, and the couple married in Birmingham in 1890. They had two children: Hylda Margaret was born in Loughborough on 20 January 1891, and Bertram Joseph in Loughborough in 1897.

Joseph was a tobacconist on Nottingham Road for some years, but by 1921 had moved to Snells Nook, where he ran a farm. By 1939 he was living in a bungalow, probably called Byeways, next door to The Nook on Snells Nook Lane, and working as an estate gardener’s assistant. Joseph died on 7 March 1957.

However, the headstone that has been gently repaired commemorates Julia Elizabeth Smalley, and her daughter Hylda Margaret, who had married John Bertram Simpkin in 1912, although he predeceased her by nine years. Here’s the inscription:

In memory ever dear

Of

Julia Elizabeth Smalley

July 2nd 1932

‘Beloved’

And

Hylda Margaret Simpkin

Died 30th November 1963

At the base of the cross are some lovely flowers. The cross itself is the part that has been repaired.

 

Thank you for reading this blogpost. Check back again tomorrow for another day of graves.

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31 Days of Graves Day 6 Hourglass

Day 6 of the challenge is focussed on the hourglass, which was a symbol used to represent the passage of time, a reminder that life doesn’t go on forever, and maybe to encourage visitors to the memorial to remember their own mortality and thus to live their best life, as one might say today.

I have only one gravestone to share with you today, and it can be found in the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity, against the wall which encloses the new gated housing area, which was once the site of the Rectory, built around 1959.

The day I visited the cemetery was a beautiful sunny September day, just right for taking photographs, so I thought! But, of course, the sun was in the wrong place, and either shining directly on the headstones, or shining through the trees, which then cast shadows! 

So, the left-hand side of the inscription is devoted to Thomas Bailey, the right-hand side to his wife, Elizabeth, and along the bottom is the memorial to their daughter, Elizabeth:

 

This Stone is to the Memory of

THOMAS BAILEY

who Departed this

Life the 4th Day of

September 1779

Aged 66 Years

 

ELIZABETH

his Wife

she departed this Life

November the 18th 1801

Aged 91 Years

My flesh shall slumber in the ground

Till the last trumpets awful sound

Then break the chains with sweet surprise

And in my saviours image rise

 

Also in Memory of ELISABETH

Daughter of Thomas and Elis: BAILEY

She died the 10th day of Aug 1779 Aged 23

 

The hourglass icon appears towards the bottom of the left-hand side of the memorial stone, and appears to have wings.

 

 Quite a beautiful engraving!

 See you tomorrow! 

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31 Days of Graves Day 5 Tidy

In complete contrast to Day 3’s theme of overgrown, today’s memorial is tidy, in every respect of the word! So, not overgrown, not dirty, not broken, but bright and shiny! A fancy typeface, and the use of Roman numerals add to the charm. The use of different materials for the base plinth, the inscription area, and the obelisk also add character. I think (but I could be wrong) that three of the four sides bore an inscription, each to a different person – Thomas Bennett, Henry Brackenbury Bennett, and Harriet Cooper Mawe.

Thomas was a chemist and druggist on Loughborough’s High Street, next door to the Palmer family of doctors. Thomas had married Mary Hannah Needham in Loughborough in 1832, and was the father of Henry Brackenbury Bennett (1836-1864). The Brackenbury part of the name seems to come from a family based at Raithby Hall, Lincolnshire, although I haven’t quite worked out the connection yet, except that Mrs Brackenbury died in 1845, and left money to her sister, who was Harriett Cooper Mawe.

Interestingly, the ‘Leicester Guardian’ of 11 November 1865 carried an article about the Loughborough Burial Board, which is worth quoting here in full:

“BURIAL BOARD – A meeting of the Burial Board for the parish of Loughborough was held at the Cemetery on Tuesday 7th inst. [of this month]. Present, Messrs. E. C. Middleton, G. Wragg, and J. Foulds. An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the select vestry held on the 24th day of October last having been read, stating that Messrs. Jno. Clarke, Jos. Foulds, and Thos. Pickworth were the retiring members from the board this year, it was unanimously resolved that they be re-elected, it was resolved that E. C. Middleton, Esq., be chairman, and G. C. Wragg, Esq., vice-chairman of the Board for the ensuing year.

A cheque was signed for £10 4s. 10d. to pay Milner for five weeks’ wages, £5; for digging 25 graves, £2 16s. 3d.; Fidler, for mowing grass, £2 5s.; and land tax, 3s. 7½d.

A drawing of an obelisk with copy of the inscription, in memory of Mrs Harriet Cooper Mawe, and Henry Brackenbury Bennett, was approved.”

And this is what it looks like today!

 

I'll leave you, the reader, to wrestle with the Roman numerals!

I wonder what memorials tomorrow will bring?!

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31 Days of Graves Day 4 Heart

Here we are at Day 4 of the 31 days of Graves challenge, and so far, so good. Today’s theme is hearts. This one proved somewhat difficult! 

I was looking around the old cemetery on Leicester Road, and clearly hearts were not a particularly popular image in the 1800-1900s. I did find one in the new part of the cemetery, but decided not to showcase that one. 

Below is the only one I found in the old cemetery: it is from 2013, but harks back to a tragic time in 1947. Mark was 5 weeks old when he died: Margaret was 89 when she died. Margaret Leyland had married Charles Lewin in 1942: Charles died three years before Margaret, in 2010. The first picture shows the heart-shaped memorial in context. The inscription is perfectly legible.

After today's rather emotional memorial, tomorrow's will be in contrast to yesterday's!!

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31 Days of Graves Day 3 Overgrown

These days there seems to be a couple of schools of thought regarding the upkeep of cemeteries. I have visited some that are clipped, cut, and maintained to the nth degree; I’ve been to some where one small area is devoted to re-wilding to help the flora and bees, and I’ve been to other cemeteries which are completely overgrown. I think there is no right or wrong strategy.

So, let’s look at some overgrown memorials. All these are in the Leicester Road old cemetery. Three of these were taken in 2014, one in 2020. I cannot tell you anything about the seriously overgrown ones, as I can’t quite work out where they are today in the Leicester Road old cemetery!

The following memorial is to Edward Chatterton Middleton, the banker. In 2014 it was somewhat overgrown, and the impression at the time was that it was a standalone grave. However, since the area has been cleared, the extent of the memorial can now be seen, along with evidence that there were once iron railings around the plot. You can read a bit more about E.C. Middleton on an earlier blogpost.  

On a rather whimsical blogpost, I once wrote the following, about people I’d visit if I were living in their time period: the Middletons were most hospitable!

"Having visited Edward Middleton, owner of Middleton's Bank in Market Place, at his home in the Grove on Ashby Road (now student halls) in 1871, I'd then walk up to Leicester Road, to visit his son Edward William Craddock Middleton and his wife Augusta Sophia. They're living in Shelthorpe Cottage, a beautiful house in a park setting - lovely and quiet! In 1887 Edward died, and Augusta Sophia continued to live in Shelthorpe House, but eventually moved to Fairfield House, now known as the White House, probably to get away from the steam of the new Great Central Railway, and the constant machinery of the new Tucker's brick works, which both opened around 1898-9. In 1907 I'd pop into Fairfield House and chat about the recent events Mrs Middleton had been to - she's a very social lady and has numerous friends!”

I hope this was an interesting read, and look forward to sharing more memorials with you tomorrow.

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Dyer, Lynne (2026). 31 Days of Graves Day 3 Overgrown. Available from: https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2026/09/31-days-of-graves-day-3-overgrown.html [Accessed 3 October 2026]

Take down policy:

I post no pictures that are not my own, unless I have express permission so to do. All text is my own, and not copied from any other information sources, printed or electronic, unless identified and credited as such. If you find I have posted something in contravention of these statements, or if there are photographs of you which you would prefer not to be here, please contact me at the address listed on the About Me page, and I will remove these.

External Links:

By including links to external sources I am not endorsing the websites, the authors, nor the information contained therein, and will not check back to update out-of-date links. Using these links to access external information is entirely the responsibility of the reader of the blog.

Blog archive and tags:

If you are viewing this blog in mobile format, you will not be able to easily access the blog archive, or the clickable links to various topics. These can be accessed if you scroll to the bottom of the page, and click 'View Web Version'. Alternatively, there is also a complete list of posts, which when clicked will take you to the page you are interested in.

Searching the blog:

You can search the blog using the dedicated search box that appears near the top of the blog when viewed in the web version. Alternatively, you can search using your usual search engine (e.g. Bing, Google, DuckDuckGo etc.) by following this example:

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Lynne