Monument list for St Peter the Apostle Church burial ground

Monument list

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

151	Rutherford	Thomas Rutherford	1822	61	1883	id: 1202	874479	74	1	Stone laid flat
		Thomason Rutherford	1822	81	1903

152	Rutherford	William Rutherford	1795	59	1854	id: 1173	874452	83	1
		Thomas Rutherford	1826	6	1832

153	Selby	George William Wade Selby	1889	75	1964	id: 1187	874464	88	1
		Margaret Selby	1892	94	1986

154	Sharp	Alice Sharp	1862	23	1885	id: 1163	874442	52	1
		Nathan Sharp								of Byers Green
		Ernest Sharp			1882

155	Shaw	John Thomas Shaw	1879	79	1958	id: 1100	874385	73	1
		Laura May Shaw	1884	85	1969

156	Shaw	Thomas Shaw	1822	64	1886	id: 1149	874430	54	1	Late cashier of Byers Green Colliery
		Thomas Hodgson	1883	21	1904
		Ann Shaw	1822	70	1892

157	Sim	David Sim	1838	60	1898	id: 1058	874349	76	1
		John Sim	1836	24	1860					Killed at Ferryhill Station
		Jane Elizabeth Sharp	1863	54	1917
		Catherine Sim								Year and age not given
		Edith Emma Sim	1881	42	1923
		Maud Sim								Year and age not given
		Alexander Sim								Year and age not given
		Catherine Sim	1837	75	1912

158	Simpson	Ann Simpson	1787	77	1864	id: 1025	874322	49	1	of Byers Green
		Jane Watford								Wife of John
		John Watford	1850	25	1875					Son of John and Jane
		John Watford								Husband of Jane

159	Simpson	Margaret Simpson	1827	60	1887	id: 1068	874358	63	1
		Robert Simpson	1823	74	1897

160	Slater	Ethel Alice Slater	1900	62	1962	id: 1208	874485	88	1
		Ralph Slater	1885	91	1976

161	Smith	John Smith	1797	56	1853	id: 1006	874305	52	1	died by accident at Byers Green Colliery
		Jane Wardle Smith								of Chester le Street , widow of John Smith Jnr
		John Smith	1822	59	1881					Interred at Melbourne Cemetery , Victoria , Australia
		Deborah Smith	1795	58	1853

162	Snowball	John Snowball	1795	79	1874	id: 1146	874427	123	1
		Ann Snowball	1798	87	1885

163	Sparrow	Robert Sparrow	1842	79	1921	id: 1013	874311	70	1
		Margaret Sparrow	1843	88	1931

164	Stanworth	Richard Stanworth	1882	74	1956	id: 1071	874361	98	1

165	Stephenson	John Binks Stephenson	1836	68	1904	id: 1111	874396	75	1
		Elizabeth Stephenson	1841	65	1906

166	Storey	Elizabeth Storey	1860	76	1936	id: 1177	874456	67	1
		Robert Storey	1854	86	1940
		William Midgley			1953					No age given

167	Storey	James Skelton Storey			1846	id: 1171	874450	52	1
		John Storey								of Askrigg
		Jane Storey

168	Storey	John Storey	1803	54	1857	id: 1112	874397	45	1	Late of South Church

169	Storey	Mary Amelia Storey	1889	69	1958	id: 1192	874469	75	1
		Frederick Charles Storey	1882	79	1961

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

170	Storey	Robenia Storey	1918	59	1977	id: 1228	874499	79	1

171	Stout	Henry Stout	1900	62	1962	id: 1198	874475	76	1
		Edith Stout	1898	80	1978

172	Swaddle	Margaret Jane Swaddle	1849	10	1859	id: 1116	874401	56	1
		George Swaddle	1845	20	1865					Killed in Newfield Pit
		David Swaddle								of Byers Green
		George Swaddle	1787	45	1832
		Margaret Swaddle	1806	60	1866
		Jane Swaddle
		Emma Swaddle			1866

173	Swainston	Ron Swainston	1925	61	1986	id: 1077	874365	106	1
		Eunice Swainston	1921	75	1996

174	Taylor	Edward Taylor	1814	62	1876	id: 1157	874438	62	1	Mineral Inspector North eastern railway , lost his life at Spennymoor
		Elizabeth Taylor	1817	62	1879

175	Taylor	Walter Law Taylor	1850	18	1868	id: 1084 (2 images)	874371	126	1
		Margaret Law	1830	40	1870					Daughter of Ann
		Edward Taylor
		Ann Law	1790	80	1870
		Elizabeth Taylor

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The postcode for this burial ground is DL16 7NL - if you have a GPS this might be useful to locate this burial ground!

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