Tables of Memorials

Four TABLES of memorials are available. Details of each inscription are on the CD-ROM obtainable from the Oxfordshire Family History Society.

1. A selection of the people buried in the churchyard

Amongst significant individuals are Father Benson, the founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist; John Irving, the first headmaster of Ss Mary & John School; Thomas Gray, a local builder; Alfred Mardon Mowbray, the architect who designed the church; George Wildon Pieritz, a former rabbi who became a priest and missionary; and Henry Woodward, tailor and outfitter, co-founder of Shepherd and Woodward Ltd on the High Street.

Examples of organizations represented are: The Sisters of the Holy Childhood; All Saints Sisters of the Poor; the Society of St John the Evangelist; local schools; the workhouse - Edwin Cole and Lucinda Stedham were the workhouse master and matron, and the workhouse chaplain is also buried in the churchyard; and Bartlemas house and chapel, formerly a medieval leper hospital, which is linked by the inscription on Annie Miller's gravestone (died 1883, aged 34) which indicates that she had leprosy - also a link to the public health issues in the area.

The occupations and trades in the area ranged from professional to manual workers and reflect the circumstances of the time. Many local people worked in the university as college servants, others worked in the building trade, and there are librarians, bakers, grocers and nurses. Other interesting occupations include: paviour (a person who laid paving), printer's compositor, tailor journeyman, sub-conductor of Bengal Ordinance Department. Occupations such as coachmaker, whitesmith and blacksmith have disappeared from the area. Yet some have probably been re-named, such as Inspector of Nuisances, now under the auspices of environmental health. Similarly, lunatic asylum attendants would now be considered mental health nurses.

Selection of memorials in Ss Mary & John Churchyard

Memorial reference	Name	Dates	Reason for interest	Examples of sources
A005	Alfred Shurrock	1861–1959	Tailor	Census information
A168	John Irving M.A. Oxon and his wife Clara	–1934 (aged 62) 1863–1958	Founding Headmaster of Ss Mary & John School. Headmaster 1893 to 1932.	Oxford Mail obituary
B021	Lee Turner and his wife Margaret and son John Lee Turner and daughter Maria Jane Puddifer	–1902 (aged 66) –1900 (aged 68) –1881 (aged 24) –1911 (aged 44)	Family grave: Lee Turner was Inspector of Nuisances. James Street residents.	Census information
B026	Sydney Edward Hamshaw and his wife Mary Ann, and daughter Caroline Elizabeth	–1890 (aged 59) –1918 (aged 88) –1880 (aged 20)	College cook	Census information
B045 and CH58	John Bywater Ward MD	1844–1898	Doctor
B048	George WildonPieritz M.A.	–1884 (aged 76)	Former rabbi; ordained Anglican priest in 1847; missionary in India and Jerusalem. Daughter was a Sunday School teacher but died young	Parish magazines
B051	Frank Best, and his father William Edward Best, Priest (not documented by OFHS)	1863–1894 –1906	William Best was the Workhouse Chaplain	Census information
B053	George Glanville and his wife Sarah	–1884 (aged 37) –1932 (aged 89)	Carpenter	Census information
B058	Edwin Cole Stedham and his wife Lucinda	1824–1896 –1884 (aged 50)	Workhouse master & matron	Kelly's directory; census information
B061	James H.G. Lord	– 1895 (aged 39)	Grainer and writer; family grave	Census information
B063	Charles Cox	–1906 (aged 54)	Carman	Census information
B066	Thomas Edwards	–1897 (aged 76)	Tailor	Census information
B074	Harriet Pitt	–1885 (aged 65)	Nurse	Census information
B075	George James Oakley	–1886 (aged 25)	Organ builder	Census information
B105	John Bennett and his wife Mary Ann	–1912 (aged 83) –1887 (aged 58)	Bricklayer	Census information
B111	Arthur Charles Sammons and his wife Lucy Cecelia	–1909 (aged 54) –1930 (aged 76)	College cook	Census information
B113	George Jeffrey and his wife Harriet	–1909 (aged 75) –1910 (aged 78)	Whitesmith (grandparents of local resident Margaret Cullen	Census information; Margaret Cullen
B132 and CH54	Jane Gibbs Anne Gibbs (daughter)	–1899 (aged 58) –1906 (aged 95)	Jane Gibbs lived with her daughter Anne–possibly the Anne Gibbs for whom there is a memorial window from "her pupils in thankfulness for her influence and example".	Census information
B152	Robert Thomas M.A. and Evalyn Gertrude Thomas S.R.N	1844–1896	Headmaster of local school; history of establishing schools in the area	Census information
B153 and CH60	Frances Dorcas Moberly	–1888 (aged 34)	Memorial inscription refers to her life of service to her family and the poor
B155	Albert Yates	–1899 (aged 55)	Cast–iron headstone "Erected as a mark of respect" by his fellow workers
B176	Henry Harvey and his wife Harriett	–1891 (aged 59) –1916 (aged 79)	Lodging house keeper	Census information
B176A	John Webb	–1891 (aged 63)	Lunatic asylum attendant	Census information
B184	Ellen Wixon and her husband William	–1890 (aged 62) –1900 (aged 68)	Butcher's wife with big family	Census information
B210	William Edward Sherwood M.A. D.C.L and his wife, Mabel Susan	–1927 (aged 76) –1901 (aged 41)	Head Master of Magdalen College School 1888–1900
B216	William Cottrell	–1891 (aged 49)	Sub–conductor of the Bengal Ordnance Department
B219	Richard Ward	–1899 (aged 56)	College servant	Census information
B223	Alfred William Mardon Mowbray and members of his family	1849–1915	Architect of Ss Mary & John Church	Parish magazine
B247	Henry and Isabella Hall	–1901 (aged 76) –1898 (aged 66)	Residents of St John's House, pensioners.	Census information
B257	John Mattingly	–1902 (aged 72)	Cattle and corn dealer	Census information
B264	Dorothy Browning		Local artist. Interesting gravestone inscription: "To you the stars. Narcissi fields. and Music."
C141	Joseph Leech	–1928 (aged 84)	Donated money to aged poor in parish	Council records
C185	Arthur Henry Harington MA Oxon	–1918	India Civil Service
D102	Annie Miller	–1883 (aged 34)	Burial record says "Leprious from Isolation Hospital"
D107	Mary Ann Hall	–1900 (aged 82)	Laundress	Census information
D111	Thomas James Evans	1864–1882	Bookbinder; inscription: "a tribute of esteem . from his fellow workmen"	Census information
D157	Emily Boddington	–1882 (aged 41)	Husband was paviour and grocer	Census information
D164	James Richings and his wife Kezia	–1886 (aged 67) –1908 (aged 88)	Family grave; stonemason and plasterer	Census information
D201	The Society of all Saints Sisters of the Poor	1881–	This Society is still active and runs St John's Home and local hospices.
D202	S. S. J. E. site of the burial of Father Benson		Commemorates the Society of St John the Evangelist, known as "The Cowley Fathers"
D224	Ann Eliza Wood	1833–1891	Born in Jamaica	Census and OFHS
D225 (see F115)	Mary Elizabeth Loxley	1856–1889	Husband was a carpenter (3 children of WF and ME Loxley are buried in F115)	Census information
D264	James T. Barber and his wife Emily Constance and children Edgar James and Winifred Constance	–1909 (aged 37) –1909 (aged 35) –1909 (aged 11) –1909 (aged 10)	Murdered family. Burial record states: "8th April 1909, under coroner's order."
E154	Mark Trinder and his grandson Reginald	–1923 (aged 81) –1929 (aged 23)	Shoeing smith	Census information
E195	Sisterhood of the Holy Childhood Mother Charlotte, Superior 1894–1933, Mother Annie, Superior 1933–1962, and Sisters Alice,Sophia, Lilian, Gertrude and Clara	–1933 (aged 82) –1962 (aged 79)	Teachers at local schools	Parish magazine
E300 (memorial cross) and D202	Father Richard Meux Benson (buried at the site of the S.S.J.E. memorial D202)	1824–1915	First vicar of the parish of Cowley St John; founder of Society of St John the Evangelist; initiator of local services such as schools	Cowley Magazine
F001 and CH57 relatives at F002, F003 F012 and F074	Henry William WiltonWoodward and his wife Maria Rebecca	–1919 (aged 68) –1927 (aged 74)	Tailor and outfitter, co–founder of Shepherd and Woodward Ltd on the High Street
F017	John R Lane and his wife, Louie	–1934 (aged 85) –1922 (aged 64)	Alderman
F022	William Haggis	–1930 (aged 88)	College servant, bedmaker; family grave	Census information
F038	William Moon	–1916 (aged 66)	Beadle of Arts Oxford University; family grave	Census information
F115 (see D225)	Hannah Gertrude Gladys Loxley Wilfrid Philip Solomon Loxley Ellen Sophia Loxley	1884–1888 1887–1889 1889–1889	Inscription: "The beloved children of W. F. & M. E. LOXLEY" Spaced on the foot kerb: "+ Ellen + Gertie + Philip +"
G100	Richard Burden and his wife Ann	–1914 (aged 73) 1844–1905	Plasterer	Census information
G112	John Samuel Churms and his wife Mary Jane	1843–1906 1843–1920	Occupation: lay clerk and assistant librarian; singer in church choir	Census information and parish magazine