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Gravestone of the Ridley family
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Square-section column gravestone in the centre of the Old Churchyard.
[East face]
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF JOHN RIDLEY,
GLOVE MANUFACTURER,
HEXHAM,
IN THE WORLD HE WAS
UPRIGHT AND CIRCUMSPECT ;
IN THE CHURCH
DEVOUT AND EXEMPLARY ;
IN THE FAMILY
PIOUS AND AFFECTIONATE ,
TO THE DUTIES OF
VISITING THE SICK, AIDING THE POOR,
AND RECOMMENDING RELIGION ,
HIS BEST ENERGIES WERE DEVOTED.
WHILST FOR SALVATION
HE TRUSTED WHOLLY TO THE
MERITS OF JESUS CHRIST .
HE DIED AUG.15,1822 ,
AGED 63 YEARS .
[South face]
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH WIFE OF
JOHN RIDLEY,
AND DAUGHTER OF JOHN
AND HANNAH ERRINGTON.
IN EARLY LIFE,
SHE SPENT SOME TIME IN THE
FAMILY OF THE EXCELLENT
COMMENTATOR THOMAS SCOTT;
WHOSE PIOUS COUNSELS WERE
GREATLY BLESSED TO HER SOUL.
SHE RETURNED TO HEXHAM,
WHERE THE REST OF HER LIFE
PRESENTED A HAPPY INSTANCE OF
ARDENT DEVOTION TO GOD,
ANXIOUS CONCERN FOR THE
SALVATION OF SINNERS,
AND FIRM FAITH IN
THE BLESSED SAVIOUR.
SHE DIED AUG.28,1826,
AGED 66 YEARS.
[North face]
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS SON OF JOHN
AND ELIZABETH RIDLEY,
WHO DIED OCT.3,1817,
AGED 17 YEARS.
ALSO OF ANN
WIFE OF ROBERT RIDLEY,
WHO DIED APRIL 2, 1835,
AGED 42 YEARS.
[West face]
MARY ERRINGTON
SISTER OF ELIZABETH RIDLEY,
DIED JAN.26,1811,
AGED 53 YEARS.
HANNAH
WIFE OF NICHOLAS TEMPERLEY,
AND DAUGHTER OF
JOHN AND ELIZABETH RIDLEY,
DIED SEP.17,1816,
AGED 29 YEARS.
NICHOLAS, JOHN, AND MATTHEW,
THE CHILDREN OF
NICHOLAS AND HANNAH TEMPERLEY,
DIED IN THEIR EARLY YOUTH.
WILLIAM RIDLEY,
MARINER,
BROTHER OF JOHN RIDLEY,
DIED NOV.13,1838,
AGED 86 YEARS.
South & east faces include smaller font
1811–1838?
Burial Register: Jn Ridley, 63, 17 Aug 1822; Eliz Ridley, 66, 30 Aug 1826; Thos Ridley, 18, 5 Oct 1817; Ann Ridley, 42, 5 Apr 1835; Mary Errington, spr, 29 Jan 1811; Han Temperley, wife of Nic, 29, 19 Sep 1816; Nic Temperley, s.o. Nic, shopkeeper, 23 Aug 1808; Nic Temperley, 9, 19 May 1819; Jn Temperley, 11, 10 Aug 1822; Wm Ridley, 86, 17 Oct 1838.
Exterior/North Transept/Graveyard North



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