The following three slate memorial stones can be found in the churchyar of All Saint with Holy Trinity.
I’ve been unable to find much information about Ruth Staveley who died on 21 January 1742, and whose memorial stone stands close to the bell tower of All Saints with Holy Trinity. What I do know is that she married Christopher Satveley on 27th May 1793, and bore him seven children, three sons and four daughters.
Christopher was the eldest son of Christopher Staveley, architect and sculptor of Melton Mowbray, and was baptised on 16 April 1759. Christopher started his career in Melton, and classed himself as an architect, surveyor, and engineer. In 1872 Christopher was involved in the Melton Navigation works. During his middle years Christopher was based in Loughborough, possibly in Church Gate, but definitely as tenant of the Bull’s Head on High Street, from 1797-1808, then Market Street until 1819 when he moved to Leicester. Christopher was in partnership with Samuel Waters in Leicester, trading as timber merchants on Humberstone Gate, until Staveley’s death on 23 July 1827. He was buried in Loughborough cemetery.
His wife, Ruth, outlived him. In 1835 and 1841 she was listed in Pigot’s Directory under the heading “Clergy and Gentry” as living on Sparrow Hill in Loughborough, and on 1841 census as living on Sparrow Hill, with Mary Staveley aged 30 her youngest daughter, and Fanny Lewis. This is a transcription of her memorial stone:
To the memory
of
Ruth
Relict of
Christpher
Staveley
architect
Late of
Leicester
In this
county
Who departed
this life
On 21 st day
of January
…
The memorial on the second headstone I’ve chosen is very difficult to read, as a layer of slate surrounding the inscription appears to have peeled away - a disadvantage of Welsh slate. An added complication could be the day of the month, and the year being in Roman numerals. This stone was:
Erected
In
affectionate
Remembrance
of
Ann, wife of
Samuel Lee
And daughter
of
John and Ann
Rollings
Of Ticknall
Derbyshire
Who departed
this life
September VII
MDCCCXLII
The final memorial stone today commemorates husband and wife, William and Mary Hull, and is another made from Welsh slate. Mary died in 1823 aged 73, and William in 1834, also aged 75. Interesting here is that there were clearly two different masons who worked on this stone as the inscriptions appear in a slightly different lettering style.
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