Monumental Inscriptions
Peak Forest: Charles, King & Martyr
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Here / lieth the body of THOMAS / HALLAM who departed / this life December 10th 1740 / aged 64 years / Also here lieth the body / of THOMAS HALLAM his son / who departed this life the / 15th of February 1795 aged / 72 years.
Here lies the body of / ELIAS HALLAM died / November 11th ---- (eroded) [from parish register, 1750] / aged 78 years / Also ---------- (eroded) / died April 10th / 1771 aged 86 years.
Here / lieth the body of Mary / the wife of THOMAS / HALLAM died February the / 19th 1771 aged 87 years / Also here lieth the body of / SARAH the daughter of THOMAS / and Mary HALLAM who depart/ed this life the 26th day of December / 1797 aged 77 years.
She being dead yeat speaketh / In affectionate Remembrance / of / JANE WHITE / late wife of / GEORGE WHITE / of Smallwood House / and daughter of / JOHN HALLAM / of Sparrowpit / who died December 6th 1860 / in the 52nd year of her age / She was a consistent member / of the Wesleyan Methodist / Society / for thirty four years / being / an example of the believers / in word, in conversation / in charity, in spirit / in faith, in purity.
In Loving Memory of / THOMAS VERNON / who died Mary 18th 1872 / aged 48 years / Also SARAH HALLAM his wife / who died July 15th 1915 aged 83 years / Also MARTHA their daughter / who died Oct. 4th 1873 / aged 5 years / Also THOMAS their son / who died Dec. 1st 1893 / aged 33 years / “He giveth His beloved sleep”.
To the Memory of / a dear husband / JOSEPH HALLAM / died 30th January 1961 / aged 57 years / At rest. Also his dear wife / LUCY GREGORY / HALLAM died June 30th 1997 aged 88 years.
In Loving Memory of JOHN HALLAM who died 8th June 1967 aged 77 years / and his wife LESA HALLAM who died 21st April 1989 aged 89.
Here / lieth the body of THOMAS / HALLAM who departed / this life December 10th 1740 / aged 64 years / Also here lieth the body / of THOMAS HALLAM his son / who departed this life the / 15th of February 1795 aged / 72 years.
Here lies the body of / ELIAS HALLAM died / November 11th ---- (eroded) [from parish register, 1750] / aged 78 years / Also ---------- (eroded) / died April 10th / 1771 aged 86 years.
Here / lieth the body of Mary / the wife of THOMAS / HALLAM died February the / 19th 1771 aged 87 years / Also here lieth the body of / SARAH the daughter of THOMAS / and Mary HALLAM who depart/ed this life the 26th day of December / 1797 aged 77 years.
She being dead yeat speaketh / In affectionate Remembrance / of / JANE WHITE / late wife of / GEORGE WHITE / of Smallwood House / and daughter of / JOHN HALLAM / of Sparrowpit / who died December 6th 1860 / in the 52nd year of her age / She was a consistent member / of the Wesleyan Methodist / Society / for thirty four years / being / an example of the believers / in word, in conversation / in charity, in spirit / in faith, in purity.
In Loving Memory of / THOMAS VERNON / who died Mary 18th 1872 / aged 48 years / Also SARAH HALLAM his wife / who died July 15th 1915 aged 83 years / Also MARTHA their daughter / who died Oct. 4th 1873 / aged 5 years / Also THOMAS their son / who died Dec. 1st 1893 / aged 33 years / “He giveth His beloved sleep”.
To the Memory of / a dear husband / JOSEPH HALLAM / died 30th January 1961 / aged 57 years / At rest. Also his dear wife / LUCY GREGORY / HALLAM died June 30th 1997 aged 88 years.
In Loving Memory of JOHN HALLAM who died 8th June 1967 aged 77 years / and his wife LESA HALLAM who died 21st April 1989 aged 89.
Chapel-en-le-Frith: St Thomas Becket Churchyard
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Here was interred the / body of ELIAS son of JOHN HALLAM he died Sepr 27th 1774 / in the 30th year of his age / “In youthful bloom and prime of strength / Death visited my day / and called me to the silent grave / Till the great Judgement Day Cause then to mourn once parents dear / Since I am gone to rest / And seeks to follow on the way That Leadeth to the blest” / also the said JOHN HALLAM / died May 23rd 1780 / in the 77th / year of his age. / also JANE the wife / of the above said JOHN HALLAM she / departed this life Sepr the / 15th 1803 aged 84 years / also JOSEPH HALLAM their son who died March 21st 1819 / aged 71 years also MARY wife / of the above died July 15th / 1829 aged 72 years.
In memory of / JOSEPH HALLAM / of MANCHESTER who died / September 22nd 1835 / aged 49 years / also of / MARY his wife who died / September 9th 1863 / aged 72 years / also of / BETTY their daughter / who died January 1st 1817 / aged 4 years / also of / SARAH their daughter / who died September 1st 1830 / aged 4 years / also of JOHN their only son / who died December 4th 1851 / aged 33 years / and EDWARD SCHOFIELD grand son (sic) / of the above died Decr 3rd 1869 / in his 27th year / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
In Memory of / John HALLAM of Sparrow-Pitt / who departed this life August / 16th 1846 aged 66 years. / Also Sarah HALLAM his wife / who departed this life June /2nd(?) 1858 aged 77 years. / Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. / George HALLAM / who died April 16th 1896, in his 80th year. / Also / Martha wife of George HALLAM, son of the above / who died Novr 21st 1880, aged 63 years. / He giveth his beloved sleep. / Also the children of George and Martha HALLAM / Ann died April 21st 1848, aged 5 weeks. / Thomas died April 7th 1850, aged 5 years. / Frank died March 4th 1927, aged 75 years.
In / memory of / JOSEPH SCHOFIELD / who died July 17th 1876 / aged 66 years / also HANNAH his wife / and daughter of JOSEPH HALLAM / who died April 6th 1885 / aged 75 years / also THOMAS son of the above / who died July 17th 1887 / aged 42 years / also JANE KIRKHAM who / died April 21st 1889 / aged 75 years / also THOMAS ROGER JAMES PARKINGSON / of BRADFORD, MANCHESTER nephew of the above / who fell asleep January 16th 1915 / R.I.P.
In loving memory / of / JOSEPH HALLAM / who died May 8th 1893 / aged 69 years / Let not your heart be troubled / SARAH wife of JOSEPH HALLAM / of WANESTONES / who died June 18th 1882 / aged 54 years / “Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord”
Grave No. A116
Here rests the body of / Thomas Hallam / a member of the / Council of the / English Dialect Society / Born 26 December 1819 / at Raglow [Draglow] Chapel en le Frith Died 7th September 1895 / at Ardwick Manchester / He devoted the leisure moments / of a long and busy life / to a patient and diligent enquiry / into all that is noteworthy / in the various dialects / of Northern England / The results of his Studies are / placed in Bodley's Library / in the University of Oxford.
In / loving memory of / JOSEPH HALLAM / who died 16th Feby 1950 / aged 83 years / also his dear wife / ELIZA / who died 29th May 1965 / aged 89 years
Treasured memories of / JOSEPH HALLAM died 18th January 1974 / aged 83 years / MARY JANE HALLAM who died May 23rd / 1957 aged 67 years / “At rest”
Names and dates only
Grave No. A115
Elias HALLAM, March 1738, aged 73.
Grave No. A121
George HALLAM, June 8th 1758, aged 50 years and Ruth HALLAM his daughter June 18th 1758, aged 9 years.
Grave No. A120
George HALLAM son of Benj[amin] and Peggy HALLAM, interred June 11th 1760, aged 9 months. Peggy HALLAM their daughter, November 15th 1768, aged 1 year 3 months; Mary HALLAM their daughter, Dec 30th 1776, aged 7 months.
Grave No. A23
Thomas HALLAM son of Adam and Mary HALLAM, 1715 or 1775 (the transcribers could not read the exact date when done in late 1980s) also Mary HALLAM their daughter, aged 22, 1771; also Adam HALLAM, aged 75, 1772; also Godfrey HALLAM their son, aged 19, 1781.
Grave No. A117
Hannah HALLAM, died 1838; also John HALLAM, died 1862; also Ann HALLAM, died 1859; also another John HALLAM, died 1861.
Here was interred the / body of ELIAS son of JOHN HALLAM he died Sepr 27th 1774 / in the 30th year of his age / “In youthful bloom and prime of strength / Death visited my day / and called me to the silent grave / Till the great Judgement Day Cause then to mourn once parents dear / Since I am gone to rest / And seeks to follow on the way That Leadeth to the blest” / also the said JOHN HALLAM / died May 23rd 1780 / in the 77th / year of his age. / also JANE the wife / of the above said JOHN HALLAM she / departed this life Sepr the / 15th 1803 aged 84 years / also JOSEPH HALLAM their son who died March 21st 1819 / aged 71 years also MARY wife / of the above died July 15th / 1829 aged 72 years.
In memory of / JOSEPH HALLAM / of MANCHESTER who died / September 22nd 1835 / aged 49 years / also of / MARY his wife who died / September 9th 1863 / aged 72 years / also of / BETTY their daughter / who died January 1st 1817 / aged 4 years / also of / SARAH their daughter / who died September 1st 1830 / aged 4 years / also of JOHN their only son / who died December 4th 1851 / aged 33 years / and EDWARD SCHOFIELD grand son (sic) / of the above died Decr 3rd 1869 / in his 27th year / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
In Memory of / John HALLAM of Sparrow-Pitt / who departed this life August / 16th 1846 aged 66 years. / Also Sarah HALLAM his wife / who departed this life June /2nd(?) 1858 aged 77 years. / Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. / George HALLAM / who died April 16th 1896, in his 80th year. / Also / Martha wife of George HALLAM, son of the above / who died Novr 21st 1880, aged 63 years. / He giveth his beloved sleep. / Also the children of George and Martha HALLAM / Ann died April 21st 1848, aged 5 weeks. / Thomas died April 7th 1850, aged 5 years. / Frank died March 4th 1927, aged 75 years.
In / memory of / JOSEPH SCHOFIELD / who died July 17th 1876 / aged 66 years / also HANNAH his wife / and daughter of JOSEPH HALLAM / who died April 6th 1885 / aged 75 years / also THOMAS son of the above / who died July 17th 1887 / aged 42 years / also JANE KIRKHAM who / died April 21st 1889 / aged 75 years / also THOMAS ROGER JAMES PARKINGSON / of BRADFORD, MANCHESTER nephew of the above / who fell asleep January 16th 1915 / R.I.P.
In loving memory / of / JOSEPH HALLAM / who died May 8th 1893 / aged 69 years / Let not your heart be troubled / SARAH wife of JOSEPH HALLAM / of WANESTONES / who died June 18th 1882 / aged 54 years / “Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord”
Grave No. A116
Here rests the body of / Thomas Hallam / a member of the / Council of the / English Dialect Society / Born 26 December 1819 / at Raglow [Draglow] Chapel en le Frith Died 7th September 1895 / at Ardwick Manchester / He devoted the leisure moments / of a long and busy life / to a patient and diligent enquiry / into all that is noteworthy / in the various dialects / of Northern England / The results of his Studies are / placed in Bodley's Library / in the University of Oxford.
In / loving memory of / JOSEPH HALLAM / who died 16th Feby 1950 / aged 83 years / also his dear wife / ELIZA / who died 29th May 1965 / aged 89 years
Treasured memories of / JOSEPH HALLAM died 18th January 1974 / aged 83 years / MARY JANE HALLAM who died May 23rd / 1957 aged 67 years / “At rest”
Names and dates only
Grave No. A115
Elias HALLAM, March 1738, aged 73.
Grave No. A121
George HALLAM, June 8th 1758, aged 50 years and Ruth HALLAM his daughter June 18th 1758, aged 9 years.
Grave No. A120
George HALLAM son of Benj[amin] and Peggy HALLAM, interred June 11th 1760, aged 9 months. Peggy HALLAM their daughter, November 15th 1768, aged 1 year 3 months; Mary HALLAM their daughter, Dec 30th 1776, aged 7 months.
Grave No. A23
Thomas HALLAM son of Adam and Mary HALLAM, 1715 or 1775 (the transcribers could not read the exact date when done in late 1980s) also Mary HALLAM their daughter, aged 22, 1771; also Adam HALLAM, aged 75, 1772; also Godfrey HALLAM their son, aged 19, 1781.
Grave No. A117
Hannah HALLAM, died 1838; also John HALLAM, died 1862; also Ann HALLAM, died 1859; also another John HALLAM, died 1861.
Hayfield: Cemetery, New Mills Road
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In Loving Memory of / JOHN ROBERT HALLAM / of Highgate / who died 21st December 1960 / aged 69 years / Also CLARA RUTH his beloved wife / who died 6th March 1965 / aged 79 years / Also JOHN JOSEPH their son / who died 8th January 1967 / aged 51 years / Also MARY COOPER their daughter / who died 26th April 1994 aged 75 years.
In Loving Memory of / JOHN ROBERT HALLAM / of Highgate / who died 21st December 1960 / aged 69 years / Also CLARA RUTH his beloved wife / who died 6th March 1965 / aged 79 years / Also JOHN JOSEPH their son / who died 8th January 1967 / aged 51 years / Also MARY COOPER their daughter / who died 26th April 1994 aged 75 years.
Hope: St Peter's churchyard
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Here / lies the Body of / Alice the Wife of Robt / Hallam Senr, buried / Novmbr 18th 1745 aged 70 / Mary Daughter of Robert / Hallam Junr, buried Janry / the 2nd 1760 aged 2 years / Robt Hallam Senr buried / Janry the 26th 1760 aged 7[? - stone broken] / Mary Daughter of Robt / Hallam Senr buried July / [stone sunken]
Here lies the / Bodys of Ann Robt / Rebecca & Thomas / Children of Thomas / & Mary Hallam / of Bradwall 1754 / Robert Hallam Ser / was buried Nobr / 28th 1747
In memory of / George Hallam of Thornhill / who departed this Life March / 17th 1840 Aged 77 Years. Also of / Hannah Hallam his Wife who / died on the 8th of February 1834 / Aged 70 Years. Also of Hannah / Hallam their Daughter who / departed this Life September / 14th 1821 Aged 32 Years. / I waited long and sought the LORD / And patiently did bear, / At length he did to be accord, / My voice and cry to hear.
Sacred / to / the memory of / Thomas Hallam / of New Nook who departed this / life January 4th 1847 / aged 68 years / Also of John Hallam / who departed this life August 1st / 1854 aged 72 years / Also of Ann, wife of the above / Thomas Hallam who died 24th August 1857 aged 64 years / Also of Thurlow, the beloved son of / - Stenton Thomas, and Anne Hallam / (of Within House, Bradwell.) / who died Sepr 26th 1890, aged 43 years / Also Robert Hallam, died / July 25th 1898, aged 75 years / Also of Rachel, widow of the above Robert Hallam / who died June 4 1907, aged 80 years. / Also Thurlow, son, died Novr 13th / 1893 aged 35 years / Also of the above named Stenton Thomas Hallam / (of New Nook, Bradwell) / who died Oct 18th 1920 aged 68 years / Also Ann Hallam, widow of the above. / died Dec 1[?]th 1931 aged 78 years.
Annis Jane Hallam. / (of Hope) / who departed this life July 13th 18[?] / aged 7 years / Also Fanny Hallam departed / this life Oct. 14th 1863 aged 38 years / Also of Robert Hallam / (of Hope) who died Novmeber 12th 18[?] in his 91st year / Also Susannah the beloved / wife od Robert Hallam / who died Jan 10th 187[?] aged 80 years / Also Ann the beloved / daughter of [...] Robert Hallam / [...] 1919 / aged 83 years
In loving remembrance of / William Hallam / of Brough, who died January / 29th 1873, aged 41 years / Also William his son died Sep. / 20th 1861, aged 3 years / And Lavinia, his daughter [stone broken] / February 21st 1873, aged [stone broken] / Also Ann wife of the above / William Hallam, / who died Novr 18th 1913, aged 82 years
In loving memory of / John Hallam / of Hope / who departed this life Feb 11th 1895 / aged 38 years / Also of Joana / the beloved wife of the above / who died Oct 3rd 1929 / aged 81 years / Also of Alfred Edward Bullivant / who died December 23rd 1953, aged 77 years / and his wife / Anne Staley Bullivant / who died July 2nd 1970, aged 85 years.
In loving memory of / Joseph Hallam / who departed this life May 5 1901 / aged 72 years / Also of Mary Ann Hallam / the beloved wife of the above / who died October 7th 1915 aged 81 years / Also of James son of the above / who died August 13th 1911 aged 50 years / We mourn the loss of him we love / And did our best to save / Beloved in life - regretted gone / Remembered in the grave
Here / lies the Body of / Alice the Wife of Robt / Hallam Senr, buried / Novmbr 18th 1745 aged 70 / Mary Daughter of Robert / Hallam Junr, buried Janry / the 2nd 1760 aged 2 years / Robt Hallam Senr buried / Janry the 26th 1760 aged 7[? - stone broken] / Mary Daughter of Robt / Hallam Senr buried July / [stone sunken]
Here lies the / Bodys of Ann Robt / Rebecca & Thomas / Children of Thomas / & Mary Hallam / of Bradwall 1754 / Robert Hallam Ser / was buried Nobr / 28th 1747
In memory of / George Hallam of Thornhill / who departed this Life March / 17th 1840 Aged 77 Years. Also of / Hannah Hallam his Wife who / died on the 8th of February 1834 / Aged 70 Years. Also of Hannah / Hallam their Daughter who / departed this Life September / 14th 1821 Aged 32 Years. / I waited long and sought the LORD / And patiently did bear, / At length he did to be accord, / My voice and cry to hear.
Sacred / to / the memory of / Thomas Hallam / of New Nook who departed this / life January 4th 1847 / aged 68 years / Also of John Hallam / who departed this life August 1st / 1854 aged 72 years / Also of Ann, wife of the above / Thomas Hallam who died 24th August 1857 aged 64 years / Also of Thurlow, the beloved son of / - Stenton Thomas, and Anne Hallam / (of Within House, Bradwell.) / who died Sepr 26th 1890, aged 43 years / Also Robert Hallam, died / July 25th 1898, aged 75 years / Also of Rachel, widow of the above Robert Hallam / who died June 4 1907, aged 80 years. / Also Thurlow, son, died Novr 13th / 1893 aged 35 years / Also of the above named Stenton Thomas Hallam / (of New Nook, Bradwell) / who died Oct 18th 1920 aged 68 years / Also Ann Hallam, widow of the above. / died Dec 1[?]th 1931 aged 78 years.
Annis Jane Hallam. / (of Hope) / who departed this life July 13th 18[?] / aged 7 years / Also Fanny Hallam departed / this life Oct. 14th 1863 aged 38 years / Also of Robert Hallam / (of Hope) who died Novmeber 12th 18[?] in his 91st year / Also Susannah the beloved / wife od Robert Hallam / who died Jan 10th 187[?] aged 80 years / Also Ann the beloved / daughter of [...] Robert Hallam / [...] 1919 / aged 83 years
In loving remembrance of / William Hallam / of Brough, who died January / 29th 1873, aged 41 years / Also William his son died Sep. / 20th 1861, aged 3 years / And Lavinia, his daughter [stone broken] / February 21st 1873, aged [stone broken] / Also Ann wife of the above / William Hallam, / who died Novr 18th 1913, aged 82 years
In loving memory of / John Hallam / of Hope / who departed this life Feb 11th 1895 / aged 38 years / Also of Joana / the beloved wife of the above / who died Oct 3rd 1929 / aged 81 years / Also of Alfred Edward Bullivant / who died December 23rd 1953, aged 77 years / and his wife / Anne Staley Bullivant / who died July 2nd 1970, aged 85 years.
In loving memory of / Joseph Hallam / who departed this life May 5 1901 / aged 72 years / Also of Mary Ann Hallam / the beloved wife of the above / who died October 7th 1915 aged 81 years / Also of James son of the above / who died August 13th 1911 aged 50 years / We mourn the loss of him we love / And did our best to save / Beloved in life - regretted gone / Remembered in the grave