
Remains of a Cist Grave
Obviously, over the centuries that the parishioners of the village have been buried in the Churchyard, before its closure in 1883, the number of graves must have run into thousands.
In a survey carried out in the Churchyard of All Saint’s Parish Church, Ruskington, by R. Wood in 1980, a total of 156 graves were identified by having either a Headstone or some other form of grave marker.
This site uses the 1980 details along with an up-to-date re-evaluation, surveyed by the Author in 2016/7.
about the History of Churchyard Burials
Those listed below are – for the time being – all that can be recognised. Even then, some of the identities attached to the graves must be regarded as doubtful.
The Graves identified are shown on the following Sketch Map. For analysis purposes they will be organised into 6 sub-sections according to their location in the Churchyard. [These plans can be accessed via the ” Mapping the Churchyard ” page.]
Downloadable .pdf files can be accessed, via the different ‘Sections‘ pages, detailing the Family History and lives of those buried in Ruskington Parish Churchyard.
[N.B. The Grave reference number in the first column below refers to the reference on the Graveyard Plans, contained in this site. These plans can be accessed via the ‘ Mapping the Churchyard ‘ page. For an Alphabetical List go to the other page.]
……. how to find each Grave in the Churchyard by going to the ” Mapping the Churchyard ” page.
Numerical List:
Burial | Name | Dates | Age |
Grave 1 | MARSHALL, Henry | 1844 – 1877 | 33 |
Grave 2 | MARSHALL, Joseph | 1848 – 1875 | 26 |
Grave 3 | MARSHALL, William | 1815 – 1878 | 62 |
Grave 3 | PARKES, George | 1841 – 1878 | 37 |
Grave 4 | BOWSKILL, Betsy Ann | 1856 – 1878 | 22 |
Grave 5 | CLIPSHAM, Mark | 1813 – 1881 | 68 |
Grave 6 | PHILLIPS, Alan | 1817 – 1874 | 57 |
Grave 7 | SMITH, Wright | 1805 – 1880 | 75 |
Grave 7 | SMITH, Mary | 1813 – 1878 | 65 |
Grave 8 | COCK, John | 1821 – 1882 | 61 |
Grave 9 | BREWIN, Thomas | 1806 – 1878 | 71 |
Grave 9 | BREWIN, Ann | 1806 – 1893 | 87 |
Grave 10 | MANSFIELD, William Thomas | 1871 -1871 | 5 wks |
Grave 11 | Flat slab – no inscription | ||
Grave 12 | RIGGALL, Ann | 1782 – 1858 | 76 |
Grave 13 | MARRATT, Luke | 1813 – 1871 | 58 |
Grave 13 | BRUNTLETT, Anne | 1776 – 1871 | 95 |
Grave 14 | DAWSON, Richard | 1807 – 1865 | 58 |
Grave 15 | DAWSON, Richard | 1827 – 1852 | 24 |
Grave 16 | BAXTER, William | 1804 – 1869 | 65 |
Grave 16 | BAXTER, Elizabeth | 1807 – 1875 | 68 |
Grave 17 | REDSHAW, Mary Ann | 1818 – 1874 | 56 |
Grave 18 | PLATT, Hannah | 1844 – 1870 | 46 |
Grave 19 | WAINER, Annie Mary | 1875 – 1879 | 3 |
Grave 19 | WAINER, Elizabeth | 1879 – 1879 | 15 wks |
Grave 20 | WAIN(N)ER, William | 1815 – 1875 | 60 |
Grave 21 | PRINCE, Elizabeth | 1819 – 1877 | 58 |
Grave 22 | CHRISTIAN, Jane | 1803 – 1874 | 70 |
Grave 23 | CHRISTIAN, Anne | 1831 – 1852 | 21 |
Grave 24 | CHRISTIAN, Mary | 1846 – 1850 | 4 |
Grave 24 | CHRISTIAN, Betsey | 1838 – 1852 | 15 |
Grave 25 | CHRISTIAN, Thomas | 1799 – 1818 | 19 |
Grave 26 | CHRISTIAN, Sarah | 1836 – 1842 | 6 |
Grave 27 | PACEY, William | 1833 – 1863 | 30 |
Grave 27 | PACEY, Mary | 1841 – 1859 | 18 |
Grave 28 | MILLNER, Joseph | 1806 – 1854 | 48 |
Grave 28 | MILLNER, Ann | 1800 – 1868 | 68 |
Grave 28 | MILLNER, (Infant) | n/k | n/k |
Grave 28 | MILLNER, (Infant) | n/k | n/k |
Grave 28 | MILLNER, (Infant) | n/k | n/k |
Grave 29 | TUXFORD, William | 1752 – 1839 | 86 |
Grave 29 | TUXFORD, Sarah | 1776 – 1842 | 65 |
Grave 30 | Reclining figure – illegible | ||
Grave 31 | MYERS, Hugh Martindale | 1880 – 1883 | 2½ |
Grave 32 | BANKS, Jonathan | 1759 – 1821 | 62 |
Grave 33 | BYE, Elizabeth | 1776 – 1852 | 76 |
Grave 34 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 35 | BYE, George | 1775 – 1824 | 59 |
Grave 36 | PARKES, William | 1759 – 1857 | 88 |
Grave 36 | PARKES, Mary | 1773 – 1828 | 55 |
Grave 37 | COCK, Francis | 1771 – 1836 | 65 |
Grave 37 | COCK, Mary | 1796 – 1869 | 75 |
Grave 38 | COLLISHAW, George | 1775 – 1866 | 91 |
Grave 39 | HARE, Jane | 1788 – 1863 | 75 |
Grave 39 | HARE, John | 1818 – 1832 | 15 |
Grave 40 | PEARSON, William | 1797 – 1836 | 38 |
Grave 40 | PEARSON, John | 1852 – 1877 | 24 |
Grave 41 | PEARSON, William | 1850 – 1872 | 21 |
Grave 41 | PEARSON, Richard | 1856 – 1876 | 19 |
Grave 42 | CLAR(R)ICOATS, Ann | 1812 – 1869 | 57 |
Grave 42 | COLLINS, Jane | 1823 – 1838 | 14 |
Grave 43 | illegible Surname (John & Sarah) | ||
Grave 44 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 45 | SELLARS, Alice | 1873 – 1873 | < 2 mths |
Grave 46 | THORPE, Elizabeth | 1867 – 1868 | 6 mths |
Grave 47 | ATKIN, Thomas | 1805 – 1877 | 72 |
Grave 48 | MINNETT, William | 1780 – 1857 | 77 |
Grave 48 | MINNETT, Sarah | 1781 – 1855 | 73 |
Grave 49 | FIELDS, William | 1823 – 1848 | 24 |
Grave 50 | FIELDS, Richard | 1785 – 1860 | 75 |
Grave 50 | FIELDS, Ann | 1817 – 1855 | 38 |
Grave 50 | FIELDS, Elizabeth | 1831 – 1854 | 26 |
Grave 50 | PEPPERDINE, Richard ? | 1801 – 1853 | 52 |
Grave 50 | FIELDS, Elizabeth | 1790 – 1862 | 72 |
Grave 51 | WABY, Elizabeth | n/k | n/k |
Grave 51 | WABY, Ann | 1840 – 1840 | c. 1 wk. |
Grave 52 | WABY, William | ? – 1844 (?) | 75? |
Grave 53 | WABY, Mary | 1811 – 1867 | 56 |
Grave 54 | STOW, Mark | 1777 – 1862 | 84 |
Grave 55 | SMITH, William | ? – 1811 | n/k |
Grave 56 | HOLMES, Ann | 1775 – 1855 | 80 |
Grave 57 | HOLMES, John | 1765 – 1831 | 66 |
Grave 58 | TOMLINSON, Robert | 1795 – 1868 | 73 |
Grave 59 | MONEY, John | 1747 – 1827 | 80 |
Grave 60 | DICKINSON, Rebecca | 1779 – 1866 | 86 |
Grave 61 | BALDOCK, John | 1775 – 1859 | 75 |
Grave 62 | BALDOCK, Walter | 1812 – 1865 | 53 |
Grave 63 | SCOTT, William | 1790 – 1847 | 57 |
Grave 63 | SCOTT, Mary | 1829 – 1844 | 14 |
Grave 63 | SCOTT, Phoebe | 1794 – 1881 | 86 |
Grave 64 | Â Â illegible inscription | ||
Grave 65 | JACKSON, John | 1815 – 1883 | 67 |
Grave 65 | JACKSON, Frederick | 1853 – 1871 | 18 |
Grave 65 | JACKSON, Henry | 1853 – 1873 | 20 |
Grave 66 | KELLEY, John | 1830 – 1833 | 3 |
Grave 67 | KELLEY, Rosa | 1866 – 1872 | 6 |
Grave 68 | PATTINSON, John | illeg. | 68 ? |
Grave 68 | PATTINSON, Elizabeth | illeg. | 66 ? |
Grave 68 | PATTINSON, John ? | illeg. | illeg. |
Grave 68 | PATTINSON, ? illegible | illeg. | illeg. |
Grave 69 | WILES, John | 1772 – 1827 | 54 |
Grave 69 | WILES, Ann | 1773 – 1854 | 84 |
Grave 70 | PATTINSON, Samuel | 1858 – 1858 | 5 wks |
Grave 70 | PATTINSON, daughter | 1858 – 1858 | hrs/days |
Grave 70 | PATTINSON, daughter | 1859 – 1859 | hrs/days |
Grave 70 | PATTINSON, Jane | 1861 – 1861 | few wks |
Grave 71 | PATTINSON, Samuel | 1868 – 1868 | 1 day |
Grave 71 | PATTINSON, William | 1868 – 1868 | 1 day |
Grave 71 | PATTINSON, Betsy | 1868 – 1868 | 1 day |
Grave 72 | HUDSON, Ann | 1806 – 1857 | 50 |
Grave 73 | HUDSON, Robert | 1832 – 1834 | 2 |
Grave 74 | WAINNER, Thomas | 1762 – 1803 | 41 |
Grave 74 | WAINNER, Mary | 1760 – 1810 | 52 |
Grave 75 | WAINNER, Ann | 1812 – 1851 | 39 |
Grave 75 | WAINNER, n/k | n/k | 68 |
Grave 76 | BROWN, Ambrose | 1747 – 1822 | 73 |
Grave 76 | BROWN, Ambrose | 1786 – 1786 | 11 days |
Grave 76 | BROWN, Ambrose | 1787 – 1787 | few days |
Grave 77 | BROWN, Sarah | 1757 – 1838 | 79 |
Grave 78 | PATTINSON, Frederick | 1871 – 1874 | 3 |
Grave 79 | ADLARD, Francis Bennett | 1878 – 1879 | 10 mths |
Grave 79 | PATTINSON, John | 1851 – 1859 | 7 |
Grave 80 | ADLARD, Anne | 1847 – 1881 | 34 |
Grave 80 | PATTINSON, Frances | 1849 – 1882 | 32 |
Grave 80 | ADLARD, Sam Robert [Mem] | 1872 – 1887 | 15 |
Grave 81 | PATTINSON, Samuel | 1799 – 1856 | 57 |
Grave 81 | PATTINSON, Jane | 1799 – 1874 | 75 |
Grave 82 | EYRE, William | 1805 – 1841 | 36 |
Grave 83 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 84 | KING, Eleanor | 1836 – 1880 | 44 |
Grave 85 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 86 | EYRE, William | 1779 – 1836 | 57 |
Grave 87 | CREASEY, Mary | 1785 – 1806 | 21 |
Grave 88 | KELLEY, William | 1829 – 1836 | 7 |
Grave 89 | BALDOCK, Elizabeth | 1819 – 1877 | 57 |
Grave 90 | HEADLAND, William | 1791 – 1875 | 85 |
Grave 90 | HEADLAND, Lattisha | 1801 – 1826 | 25 |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, John | 1827 – 1850 | 22 |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, William | 1822 – 1822 | days |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, Elizabeth | 1823 – 1823 | c. 10 days |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, Henry | 1830 – 183? | < 10 |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, Elizabeth | 1830 – 183? | < 10 |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, daughter | n/k | at birth |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, daughter | n/k | at birth |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, daughter | n/k | at birth |
Grave 91 | PATTINSON, daughter | n/k | at birth |
Grave 92 | REAST, Francis | 1796 – 1834 | 38 |
Grave 92 | REAST, Mary | 1793 – 1859 | 66 |
Grave 92 | REAST, Frances | 1820 – 1840 | 19 |
Grave 92 | REAST, Thomas | 1825 – 1850 | 26 |
Grave 92 | REAST Thomasin Harriett | 1823 – 1823 | 11 mths |
Grave 92 | REAST, Keturah (?) | ? – 1829 | n/k |
Grave 92 | REAST, daughter | n/k | n/k |
Grave 93 | EYRE, Robert | 1809 – 1843 | 34 |
Grave 94 | OLDFIELD, William | 1795 – 1861 | 66 |
Grave 94 | OLDFIELD, Elizabeth | 1793 – 1854 | 61 |
Grave 94 | OLDFIELD, John (Sharp) | 1826 – 1865 | 39 |
Grave 95 | SHARPE, Richard | 1756 – 1842 | 87 |
Grave 95 | SHARPE, Mary | n/k | 68 |
Grave 96 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 97 | Altar tomb – illegible | ||
Grave 98 | DIXON, Ann | 1806 – 1866 | 60 |
Grave 99 | REAST, Mary | 1764 – 1828 | 64 |
Grave 99 | REAST, Thomas ? – illeg. | 1763 – 1830? | 63? |
Grave 100 | REAST, Joseph | 1798 – 1877 | 80 |
Grave 101 | REAST, Letitia | 1797 – 1863 | 67 |
Grave 102 | REAST, Arthur | 1871 – 1874 | 3 |
Grave 102 | REAST, Betsy | 1852 – 1855 | 3 |
Grave 105 | RIDLEY, Hannah | 1805 – 1871 | 65 |
Grave 105 | RIDLEY, William | 1807 – 1883 | 75 |
Grave 107 | ?, William | n/k | n/k |
Grave 108 | VINTER, Jane | 1841 – 1869 | 27 |
Grave 109 | A. J. [JOYCE, Ann] | 1802 – 1871 | 69 |
Grave 109 | A. J. [JOYCE, Ann] | 1828 – 1862 | 33 |
Grave 109 | S. J. [JOYCE, Samuel] | 1802 – 1861 | 59 |
Grave 110 | FRANKLIN, William | 1833 – 1870 | 36 |
Grave 110 | FRANKLIN, Henry | 1839 – 1870 | 31 |
Grave 111 | SHARP, William | 1815 – 1855 | 40 |
Grave 112 | EDWARDS, William | 1758 – 1830 | 71 |
Grave 112 | EDWARDS, Rebecca | 1761 – 1830 | 68 |
Grave 113 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 114 | HOLMES, Robert | 1734 – 1793 | 58 |
Grave 115 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 116 | SHARP, John | 1709 – 1783 | 74 |
Grave 116 | SHARP, Ann | 1726 – 1819 | 92 |
Grave 117 | HECKFORD, James Day | 1788 – 1867 | 80 |
Grave 117 | HECKFORD, Ann | 1788 – 1865 | 76 |
Grave 117 | HECKFORD, Louisa Maria | 1813 – 1846 | 33 |
Grave 118 | THORPE, Fanny | 1855 – 1864 | 8 |
Grave 118 | THORPE, Sarah Gresham | 1857 – 1864 | 7 |
Grave 119 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 120 | THORPE, Joseph Bones | 1848 – 1879 | 31 |
Grave 121 | THORPE, Robert Wright | 1823 – 1870 | 48 |
Grave 122 | illegible [William] | n/k | n/k |
Grave 123 | THORPE, Sarah | 1786 – >1816 | 30+ |
Grave 124 | THORPE, John | 1859 – 1863 | 4 |
Grave 124 | THORPE, Robert | 1863 – 1864 | 1 |
Grave 125 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 126 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 126 | illegible [Jo ..] | ||
Grave 127 | WRIGHT, Walden | 1757 – 1822 | 65 |
Grave 127 | WRIGHT, Hannah | 1788 – 1853 | 64 ? |
Grave 128 | illegible inscription | ||
Grave 129 | GILLIATT, Ann | ? – 1817 | ? |
Grave 130 | GREEN, Selina Jane | 1849 – 1883 | 34 |
Grave 131 | BROWN, Edward | 1802 – 1863 | 61 |
Grave 132 | BROWN, Benjamin William | 1777 – 1851 | 73 |
Grave 132 | BROWN, Letitia | 1783 – 1857 | 74 |
Grave 133 | illegible – face down | ||
Grave 134 | HOLMES, Elizabeth | 1740 – 1808 | 68 |
Grave 135 | MOOR, Holmes | 1790 – 1815 | 25 |
Grave 136 | MOOR, Elizabeth | 1752 – 1830 | 78 |
Grave 137 | MOOR, James | 1758 – 1819 | 57 |
Grave 138 | MOORE, John | 1802 – 1876 | 74 |
Grave 139 | PRINCE, Zaccheus | 1796 – 1851 | 54 |
Grave 139 | PRINCE, Mary | 1795 – 1857 | 61 |
Grave 140 | PRINCE, Helen | 1832 – 1842 | 10 |
Grave 141 | MOOR, William | 1757 – 1833 | 75 |
Grave 142 | MOOR, Gervase | 1749 – 1834 | 84 |
Grave 143 | HALKES, George | 1808 – 1883 | 75 |
Grave 143 | HALKES, Susan | 1803 – 1860 | 56 |
Grave 144 | HUDSON, Richard | 1779 – 1816 | 36 |
Grave 144 | HUDSON, Richard Toyn | 1805 – 1864 | 59 |
Grave 145 | BEMROSE, William | 1759 – 1824 | 65 ? |
Grave 146 | BEMROSE, Winifred | 1796 – 1818 | 21 |
Grave 147 | ULYATT, Edward | 1846 – 1875 | 28 |
Grave 147 | ULYATT, John | 1862 – 1876 | 14 |
Grave 148 | base only | ||
Grave 149 | BUTLER, Edward | 1800 – 1878 | 78 |
Grave 150 | BUTLER, Susannah | 1795 – 1857 | 62 |
Grave 150 | BUTLER, Elizabeth (Mem) | 1823 – 1855 | 32 |
Grave 150 | BUTLER, Mary | 1794 – 1863 | 68 |
Grave 151 | RICHARDS, George | 1863 – 1879 | 16 |
Grave 152 | BIRD, Harriett Maria | 1855 – 1863 | 8 |
Grave 153 | FRANCIS, John | 1820 – 1878 | 58 |
Grave 154 | illegible – face down | ||
Grave 155 | SCARR, Rev. William Grover | 1828 – 1873 | 45 |
Grave 156 | ADLARD, John | 1879 – 1879 | 6 mths |
Family Histories – at the end of each of the “Sections” pages you will be able to download a file detailing as much as has been found about each of the individuals buried in Ruskington Parish Churchyard.