Famous? So what really is the definition of famous? How do I select memorial stones to share with you? We could mean people who are nationally well-know, or people who are well-known in their field, or people who are well-known locally. Here’s my selection.
Let’s start
with James Logan, a footballer from Scotland, who played for Notts County,
scoring a hat-trick for them in 1894. Jimmie, as he was known, died of pneumonia
probably as a result of playing in the pouring rain in Loughborough in the 1896
season. He was buried in a pauper’s grave in the old cemetery on Leicester Road.
In 2024, after a lengthy campaign and period of research, an engraved stone was
erected in his memory. You can read more about this on the BBC Sport webpages.
In the same cemetery is the grave of Herbert Schofield, and his wife, Clara. Schofield was Principal of the Loughborough Technical Institute and awarded an MBE in 1917 for his services to education (in the main, the training of people in the manufacture of munitions) the First World War. That is a huge simplification of a long and busy life, which I promise I will do more justice to in some form or other at a later date. Here is his memorial
My third choice of memorial stone can be found in the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity, and was erected in memory of William Woty, born in Hampshire circa 1730, moved to work in London, and then found himself in Loughborough. Woty was a legal clerk, but also wrote poetry. He was a companion and legal advisor to the 5th Earl Ferrers, Washington Shirley, of Staunton Harold. The incised picture at the top of the gravestone is a couple of books, one being open, a quill pen, and an ink vessel.
My final choice comes from further afield, from the derelict All Saints church at Dishley. Lying flat on the ground in the area which would have been the siting for the altar, the dry memorial stone to Robert Bakewell, died 1778 is probably the father of the Robert Bakewell, the well-known agriculturalist. The equally unreadable wet stone is, I believe, the memorial to the latter. Both were taken in 2024. The modern plaque is wall-mounted, and was taken in 2025.
There are a couple of earlier blogposts related to Robert Bakewell - the 300th anniversary of Bakewell's birth; photographs of his home, and a little bit about the man.
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