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Memorials in St. Andrew's Church & its graveyard, Grinton in Swaledale.
"The Cathedral of the Dale"

The number links are to scans of the original record cards, so names & dates should be clear. I am gradually updating these links so they point to web pages with the record card scans and in many cases photographs and transcriptions of the memorial wording which have been generously provided by Colin Hinson (of Genuki/Yorkshire fame). He retains the copyright on this. The card scans not yet completed are large tif files and should download into your default viewing program. The names below are those mentioned on the memorial. Please use the 'Contact me' link at the bottom of every page to inform me of any errors or further information and links that I may add to aid visitors to this site. Please note that I have little knowledge of, & even less interest in, family history - please don't ask me to do your searches! However, if there are errors or unclear scans I may be willing to look at or photograph the appropriate memorial. Please remember many are now very badly eroded & impossible to read.
Please remember the survey was done in 1988 and later memorials are not recorded yet.
There are very active family history groups in the Dales, please look on the family history links page.

I suggest you use your browser 'find' (Edit / Find or Ctrl+F) to locate the name you are seeking on this page.

The order is by card number for each of the four areas, but as all the cards are on this one page it should be quite easy to search. I have copied all the names on a memorial so relatives may be found. The original cards have been scanned as my typing is poor & liable to errors!
A list sorted by names is available here but is not searchable & is divided into four areas.
A plan of the churchyard is available here. I'm told that some memorials are now less legible & some not exactly where indicated.
I have more photographs & I will add them as time allows.

A large number of photographs of the Church are available here . I am aware that the top 'back' link on the album page isn't working - please use your browser 'back' arrow.

Visitors searching for family history in the area may also like to check the links tab at the top and selecting the family history link or click here.

This survey of the inscriptions on the many gravestones and on the memorials in the Church was carried out by Mrs. B. Nicholson in 1988. I am very grateful for permission from the Cleveland Family History Society to reproduce scans of the survey here on this site.
Please note that Cleveland FHS retain the copyright on all their documents.

* by the number indicates updated entries, corrections &/or photographs

Western area

     
Names on the memorial stone
number
Names on the memorial stone
number
CLARKSON, James; Ann; James
001
PEACOCK, Thomas
086
KENDALL, Ann; Christopher; George; William; John; Margaret; Christopher; Thomas; Ralph
002
BLENKIRON, Joseph; Mary; Thomas; George
087
THOMPSON, Robert; Joseph Owen; George
003
COATES, Albert James; J. & E. A.
088
THOMPSON, Nannie; John; John; Thomas COATES
004
PRATT, Elizabeth; George
089
CLARKSON, Joseph; Margaret
005
KENDALL, Margaret; Francis; Francis
090
THOMPSON, Minnie
006
ALLINSON, Ann; Robert; Margaret; Robert William
091
BOUSFIELD, Jonathan; Mary Jane
007
PEACOCK, Matthew; Martha
092
CLARKSON, Marmaduke; Alice Elizabeth
008
PEACOCK, Christopher; Elizabeth
093
BOUSFIELD, John; Esther
009
LITTLEFAIR, James; James; Ann
094
ALDERSON, George; Elizabeth; George; Dorothy THOMPSON; Mark; Margaret Ann BROWN
010
KENDALL, Mark; Mary Ann; Francis James
095
CHARLESWORTH, Albany HAWKE
011
BLENKIRON, Thomas; Margaret; Margaret
096
COATES, George Henry, Sarah Emma
012
BLENKIRON, William; Dorothy; Jane; Elizabeth Jane
097
Frances Amelia Harry
013
HORN, William; Mary Ann; John; Elizabeth; -
098
CROFT, Annie
014
BLENKIRON, James; Margaret; James
099
ROBINSON, Edward Osborne; Osborne
015
BLENKIRON, Margaret; Bartholomew
100
WILLIAMS, Rev. Howell Aiden; John Clarkson Birkbeck; Margaret Birkbeck
016
BURTON, Mabel Eleanor; William
101
WHITELOCK, Amy Ellerton; Elizabeth GREATHEAD
017
BELL, Ann; Thomas
102
BUTTERWORTH, Alice; William Albert; Ada Mary
018
THOMPSON, John; Lena; Ada; Isabella HUTCHINSON
103
DENYER, Edmund E.; Emma C.; Amy
019
GREEN, Emma; Howard
104
HORN, John; Margaret Alice; John Roland
020
BLENKIRON, Thompson; Margaret
105
NIX, Josiah
021
PEDLEY, Metcalfe; Henry; John
106
HAMMOND, Adam; Sarah
022
CLOSE, James; Margaret; George; Ruth
107
COWLING, Dorothy
023
HALL, Mary; George Owen
108
ALDERSON, James; Dorothy; Isabel PEACOCK
024
ALDERSON, Luke; Helena
109
FRENCH, John Charles; Margaret C.
025
HIRD, John; Mary; Catherine; Edward
110
SPENSLEY, Alice
026
PEACOCK, James; Elizabeth; John
111
COATES, James; Elizabeth Ann
027
stone missing
112
GREGORY, Thomas
028
DOLPHIN, John; Ann
113
ALDERSON, George; Margaret; John; Dorothy Mary
029
PEACOCK, Ralph Arthur; Margaret
114
CLEMINSON, George; Jane
030
I. x K. or J. x K. Died March 21 1867 aged 24
115
Stone fallen
031
IRWIN, John; Elizabeth; William; Catharine; Hannah
116
SARNEY, Henry
032
BELL, James; Elizabeth; Isabella;Jane; Mark; Mary; Elizabeth
117
CLEMINSON, Emily (nee FOTHERGILL); John Thomas; Harold Vincent
033
HORN, Mark; Margaret; Mark; James; Robert; John
118
HAMMOND, childeren of E & MM, Thomas Wake; Sarah; Sarah Margaret
034
LONSDALE, Henry; Elizabeth; Mary
119
HIRD, William;Elizabeth;Edward PEDLEY; Martha Jane PEDLEY
035*
JACKSON, James; Mary; Richard; James; Jane Ann
120
RAW, Frances, Ann
036
HUTCHINSON, Robert; Margaret; James; Rebecca
121
DINSDALE, Thomas; Nancy; Margaret; Ann; Mary Emily
037
GILBERT, Cecil James; Ella
122
KESTIN ALCOCK, Margaret; William
038
CLOSE, James; Sarah; Elizabeth WAISTELL
123
FOTHERGILL, John; Catherine Ann
039
PEDLEY, William;Ann; Isabella; William; Thomas
124
MANGLES, Catherine Jane, William
040
SMITH, Jonathan
125
HORN, Joseph Bell; Elizabeth
041
NATTRASS, John; John; Isabella; Mary; Ann T; Thomas; Margaret; Isabella; Metcalfe
126
HUTCHINSON, Ruth; Christopher; Ruth
042
JOPLIN, William
127
ALLINSON, James Harker
043
JOPLIN, Francis
128
PRICE, John; Ellen; Thomas Gladwin; Emma; Alice Harriet; Thomas
044
McCOLLAH, Edith; Elizabeth
129
ALLISON, William Cook; Ann
045
STOREY, Jane
130
HAMMOND, Wake; Sarah; Thomas; John; Sarah
046
FOTHERGILL, Joseph; Margaret (date?)
131
HORN, Margaret; James; Hannah
047
COATES, John; Sarah; Jane; Thomas
132
WILLIAMS, Adelaide; Howell
048
COATES, Thomas; Sarah; George; Alice; Thoms Inman; Elizabeth; James Close
133
ALDERSON, John; Elizabeth; Margaret Elizabeth; Francis; John George
049
ALDERSON, David; Elizabeth; Isabella; Thomas Richard
134
ALLINSON, James; Jane Ann; Elizabeth Jane
050
ALDERSON, John; Mary; Elizabeth Ann
135
COATES, John; Esther; John
051
HOLMES, Edward; Dorathy
136
MAWSON, Eliza
052
SCARR, William; Isabella
137
HODGSON, Thomas
053
WHITASIDE, Ann; Guy; Rose
138
CLOSE, Thomas; Jane FLOYD
054
CLARKSON, John; Elizabeth; Ann
139
ROBINSON, Thomas; Jane
055
DEIGHTON, John; Elizabeth
140
KENDALL, Mark; Jane
056
McCULLAH, Elizabeth
141
KENDALL, Francis George; Thomas H.; Jane Ann; Alfred; Jane Ann;Thomas Hutchinson
057
COLLIER, E. H.
142
FRANKLAND, Margaret; George
058
MUNRO, Pamela
143
COATES, Ellen; Leonard
059
JEFFREY, Thea Cecilia
144
Number accidentally omitted
060
PORTER-MERRY, George
145
HIRD, Christopher; Ellen;John Laurence; Christopher; Mary
061
HAMMOND, Margaret; George; Mary Ann; Hannah
146
ALDERSON, James; Ann
062
HAMMOND, George; Doathy (sic)
147
DOLPHIN, John; Tamar; Henry
063
MARION
148
KENDALL, Emma; John; Jane
064
ATTWOOD, John W.
149
DOLPHIN, Henry; Thomas; Jane; Rachel; Jane; Anthony
065
DURSTON, Althea
150
COATES, William Fletcher
066
COGGIN, Neil
151
METCALFE, Lottie
067
BOUND, Ella
152
BELL, William; Isabella;Isabella SPENSLEY
068
GARTH, Richard; Sarah; Elizabeth
153
NELSON, Matthew; Elizabeth; John; Alice; Elizabeth; Margaret
069
GARTH, Richard; Hannah
154
CLOSE, Ann; James; James; Thomas; William and Mary Ann PEDLEY
070
GARTH, Sarah Margaret; Eleanor; Richard; Francis; Mary
155
PEDLEY, William; Mary Ann; Matthew; James William; Alice Ann; Adam; Robert
071
GARTH, Francis; Mary
156
BIRKBECK, John Clarkson
072
GARTH, Anne Barbara; Richard; Hannah
157
WARD, Esther; Thomas; Mary
073
GARTH, Mary Elizabeth; Francis; Mary; Margaret Frances
158
RAW, Thomas; George; Ann
074
RADCLIFFE, Marjorie Sophia; DENYS, Francis;DENYS, Sir George; DENYS?BURTON, Sir Francis
159
CROFT, Hester; James; Blanche Stuart
075
REYNOLDSON, Matthew; BRADBERRY, John & Ann; BRADBURY, John; Elizabeth
160
PEDLEY, Thomas Robson; Elizabeth
076
PORTER, Penelope -
161
THOMPSON, Margaret
077
 
MARTIN, Alice; William; Mary; Catherine
078
 
PLACE, Francis; Jane; Katie A. M. COOPER; T. D. COOPER
079
 
LITTLEFAIR, James; Elizabeth
080
 
BRADBURY, John; Hannah; Ann; Henry; Ann PARKINSON
081
 
WARD, Thomas; Elizabeth; Esther; Isabela; Ralph
082
 
SIMPSON, Charity; Joseph Reuben
083
 
MARTIN, William; Mary; Margaret ALDERSON; Elizabeth GRASSBY; William
084
 
MARTIN, Thomas; Ann Elizabeth; Margaret Mary ALDERSON
085
 
       

East End -- updated

     
Some mounds, without headstones, have been indicated on the plan and names of people buried there may have been supplied by Miss Elsie Pedley.
In other cases, there are headstones, and coffin-type graves, which are so badly flaked that no inscription remains.
Such are: Nos. 2, 10, 15, 16, 41, 46 - 48, 51 mound.
SPENSLEY, James; Simon; Isabella
001
KERNOT, Abraham Bowerman
036
no card because no inscription remaining
002
HODGSON, William; John Clark; Elizabeth Ann;Mary; Henrietta JOHNSON
037
SCOTT, John; Ruth Barbara
003
ROBINSON, George Alderson
038
SPENSLEY, Mary; Thomas, John & Ann; James; Dorothy
004
IRWIN, John; Margaret Ann; Catherine Maud BURTON
039
PETTY, James; Ann
005
BLENKIRON, Henry Irwin
040
FIRBY, Thomas
006
no card because no inscription remaining
041
LAWRENCE, Sarah; WOOD, Anthonia D.
007
ALLEN, William; Elizabeth; William; Francis
042
METCALFE, George; Annie
008
McCOLLAH, John Richard; Ann Elizabeth; Lawrence; Richard Joseph; Frederick; Elizabeth; Frances Margaret; Leonora Elizabeth; Richard Joseph; Catherine Eleanor; Harry
043
SPENSLEY, Mary; John James; Mary Elizabeth
009
BARKER, John; Jane; John
044
no card because no inscription remaining
010
BARKER, Mercy Noemi
045
CLOSE, Clarkson; John Clarkson; May Florence
011
no card because no inscription remaining
046
HUTCHINSON, Robert; Anthony; Margaret
012
no card because no inscription remaining
047
HILLARY, David (N.B. two number 13s)
013
no card because no inscription remaining
048
Thomas ... (N.B. two number 13s)
013
CASE, Wilfred Michael
049
WHITE, Robert; Elizabeth; George; Robert
014
HORN, Elizabeth; John
050
no card because no inscription remaining
015
JAMES, Charles Maurice no card
051
no card because no inscription remaining
016
CORCORAN, Grace (Previously wrongly as George)
052
WHITELL, William; Mary; Annd (Anne?); Hannah
017
GOBAT, William Samuel; T. G.; Jean May
053
LITTLEFAIR, William; Isabella
018
COATES, Hannah Elizabeth; John Robert
054
CLOSE, James William; John & Barbara; Barbara; John; Susanna
019
FORSTER, Mary Annie; Matthew
055
BRADBURY, Ann; John
020
BIRKBECK, Thomas
056
MOORE, James W.; Amy; Stanley H.

021

ARMESTEAD, Richard; Mary
057
BARKER, Robin E.; Marie A.; John
022
SHERLOCK, James; Elizabeth; John;
058
SMITH, Revd Percy; Elizabeth Ogle
023
HORN, Elizabeth; John
059
WARD, George; Frances
024
BARNINGHAM, Anne; James
new1
BLENKIRON, Ann; John; John
025
Views of the graveyard
views
ROBINSON, Thomas; Thomas
026
 
METCALFE, Cathrine; Robert & Jane; Jane; Joseph
027
 
HIRD, William; Betty; Elizabeth SMITH; Simon
028
 
EMERSON, John; Geo.; George & Anne; Ann; Geo.; Mary; Elizabeth; George & Ann
029
 
BARKER, Robert; John; Samuel; John(?)
030
 
McCOLLAH, Ann; Richard; Richard; Elizabeth
031
 
WHITE, Joseph; Hannah; Jos. & Ann; Joseph; William; Thomas; Hannam; Joseph

032

 
RAW, Thomas; Thomas
033
 
HILLARY, Thomas Hannam; Jane
034
 
KERNOT, Mary; Sarah; Abraham Bowerman; William
035
 
 
 

Harkerside

 
The following have nothing left of inscription: Nos. 1, 66, 67
and the following show only initials: Nos. 3, 4, 11, 12, 14, 35, 47
no card because no inscription left
001
JOPLIN, Eleanor; Cuthbert
036
IMISON, Joseph; Mary; Eliza; Caroline
002
ATKINSON, John; Nathan; Ann; John; John & Ann
037
initials only. I.C.; L. & A.L.
003
HARLAND, John; Frances; Isabella; Elizabeth
038
initials only. T.M.
004
PRATT, James; James
039
SMALL, Nedy
005
THISTLETHWAITE, Alice; John & Ann; Elizabeth
040
PROUD, Joseph
006
RAW, Christopher
041
LITTLEFAIR, James; Ann; John; Isabella; Thomas
007
BELL, Mark; Isabella; Mark; Thomas & Ann
042
LITTLEFAIR, William; Jane; Thomas
008
WARD, Elizabeth; Thomas; Margaret; Thomas; Mary; Thomas & Mary
043
HAME (?), William (?); Joane (?)
009
CHERRY, John
044
card missing
010
BONSON, Margaret
045
card missing, initials only
011
BELL, Thomas; James; James
046
card missing, initials only
012
card missing, initials only
047
HILLARY, David
013
CLOSE, Mary; William
048
card missing, initials only
014
SMITH, Thomas; Ruth; James; Harriot ALDERSON; George ALDERSON; Anthony; James; Mary Ann; Sarah Mary
049
SMITH, Ralph; Ann; George; Elizabeth; Hannah; Thomas
015
CLOSE, John; John; James; Mary
050
URWIN, Margaret; John
016
BIRKBECK, Barbara; John & Ann; James; N...
051
HAWKINS, James; Marg
017
ALDERSON, Anthony; Elizabeth
052
KENDALL, Fanny; Francis
018
PEACOCK, William & Mary
053
TENNANT, Peter; Robert & Ann; Thomas; Robert; Robert; Elizabeth
019
MARTIN, William; Margaret
054
HUNT, G.R.C.
020
WELLS, Stephen James
055
KENDALL, Nancy; Francis & Elizabeth
021
MATHESON, Charles Vass
056
JACKSON, Richard; Mary (preservation order)
022
HARKER, Mary; James; James
057
GIBSON, George
023
Thomas ...; Ott(iwell)
058
ATKINSON, Mark & Sarah; Mary
024
WARD, Henry Robert; Elizabeth; William & Mary
059
HARDCASTLE, Leonard
025
REID, Mary Elizabeth (Molly) nee ALLAN
060
RAINE, William & Sarah; James
026
GRIFFIN, Irene Dorothy Elizabeth
061
WENSLEY, Leonard
027
ALDERSON, Matthew; John; Thomas CLARKSON
062
WOOD, Edward; Mary
028
ORTON, John; Esther; Mary; Elizabeth; Ann; Elizabeth; Mary
063
PEACOCK, Thomas; Ann; Jane
029
COWLING, Joseph;
064
WHITE, Joseph; Margaret; Joseph; Joseph
030
PLUMMER, John
065
WHITE, James; Dorothy
031
no card because no inscription left
066
card missing
032
no card because no inscription left
067
MARIE JOHANNI HARLANDI UXOR
033
 
HARLAND, Frances; Richard Neville & Charles John; John & Mary; ... Filius ...
034
 
initials only: I.H. and F.H. HAMMOND (?)
035
 
 
 

Church interior

 
 
Names
location as on card / comments
number
BIRKBECK, Mary; Thomas; Margaret
north aisle
aisle1
BARKER, Adam; Sarah
north aisle
interior2
BARKER, Ann; Adam; Ellen
aisle3
KEARTON, F. Ralph
aisle4
HUTCHINSON, Elizabeth I/inson
aisle facing north
aisle5
MORTIMER, William; Rt. Honourable Earl of WHARTON
centre aisle (?)
aisle6
CLARKSON, Jane, Wil
centre aisle
aisle7
Soldiers' window - WAR MEMORIAL
please see this page for the names
interior7
interior7b
KEARTON, James
part of stone by door
aisle8
CHIRREY, E.
south aisle
aisle9
BARKER, John
window given by ...
interior9
ROBINSON, James; Ann
south aisle
aisle10
SWALE, Alured de SWALE; Walter de GAUNT; WILLIAM the CONQUEROR
plaque with shield
interior10
Francis CHARDER Senior
south aisle, partial
aisle11
TAYLOR, Reverand - Pious Mr John
south aisle
aisle12
JUX, Margaret; Geo Wood JUX
south aisle
aisle13
CHARDER, Margaret; James HUTCHINSON
south aisle. Fremington free scool (sic) (school)
aisle14
A.S. only
stone by font
card
I.M. only
behind rear pew
I.G. only
south aisle
black tablet
no inscription apparent
2 hatchments  
SMITH, Rev. Peter; Elizabeth Ogle; Elizabeth Grace Thompson plaque. West wall
interior1
CARPENTER, Bishop William Boyd west wall. Plaque commemorating the re-opening of the Church after restoration, 1896
interior2
LYELL, Capt. Francis Horner, Lord of the Manors of Healaugh, Old Land Healaugh, New Land Healaugh & of Muker brass below west-facing window
interior4
SCOTT, Mary; Jonathan & Mary North wall
interior5
EDMONDSON, Revd. Thomas  
interior6
PEACOCK, Thomas; Dorothy; Simon; Ann; Catharine ORTON; Ann; Francis;Elizabeth; Ann; Dorothy; John HAW; Simon Large tablet: urn design, dove above. Wall next soldiers' window
interior8
GOBAT, Priest Theodore; Maise; William very small plaque beside pulpit
interior11
DENYS, Sir George William; Catherine Eliza Perceval; Caroline Augusta Fermor; George Agar south wall of Sanctuary
interior14
WOOD, Philip & Fanny carved in the wood around 3 sides of the Sanctuary
interior15
CLOSE, John; Barbara; John; Susanna east window
interior16
PARKE, Thomas; Hannah; Elizabeth; John; Ralph south wall of Sanctuary
interior17
GARTH, John; Martha Lady Chapel, south wall window
interior18
WILLIAMS, Rev. Howell Aidan immediately out of Lady Chapel, on wall
interior19
ELLIOTT, Edward south wall. Wooden, high
interior20
WORTHINGTON, Richard Burton; Revd. H.B.  
interior21
DENYS-BURTON, Sir Francis  
interior22
DENYS, Eliza; Sir George; Gerandine WARING window on south wall
interior23
WORTHINGTON, Henry Burdett  
interior25
LAMONT, Alexander; Sir George W. DENYS south wall
interior26
CHARLESWORTH, John C.D.; R.H. & Sarah; Catharine S. GRIMSTON; Bertha S. ?GASSIOTZ Gertrade DARBY window south wall
interior27
WORTHINGTON, Mary; Revd. H. Burdett; Emily Elizabeth Mary; Sarah Maria south wall. top 1 of 3
interior29
CLOSE, Anthony; Elizabeth; Nancy; Betty; James top second pillar left
interior30
BLACKBURN, Elizabeth - no card floor of Blackburn Chapel
D'ARCY, Dorothy - no card memorial board (hatchment)
WOOD, Margaret; Geo - no card    
     
     
     
     
       

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