St Leonards Parish Church

Dinnington
This information has been copied from
a text compiled by Gerald Stratford
before 1973. Since then the internal
layout of the church has been altered
and so some objects have been
moved, some have gone altogether
and others added.
Plaques and Memorials inside the
Church

Union

Dinnington Branch of the Mothers

To the glory of God, And in loving

memory of
Ethel M. Fotheringham
Enrolling member of the branch 191323
Wife of The Rev. R. S. Fotheringham
Rector of this parish.

The changes are indicated in red both

on the plan and in the text.
Linda Banham
August 2012

(numbers prefixed with a C on the map)

C1.

C2.

In proud and loving memory of

Anne Davidson
Lawson Williams
Of Morthen Hall near Rotherham
And for many years of Dinnington Hall
Who died 12th August 1954
I will lift up mine eyes to the hills
From whence cometh my help.
Placed here by her husband
Douglas Lawson Williams
None knew her but to love her
Nor named her but to praise.
In Memoriam
Thomae Spencer
Huius ecclesiae
Per 16 anos recto
Ris qui obit -- 8 die
Julii --- (M) is
An ----- 1679

C3.

On the font
(the font has been moved across the
Narthex)
Left to this church, By
Emily Jane Murray
Nov 1st 1867
One lord, one faith, one baptism Eph
IVV
C4.

On the picture (not located)

In Memoriam
Frank Barnes
Faithful member and church warden of
this church
At rest 11th Sept 1948
RIP

C5.

On the banner (the banner has been

moved into Upper Room)
This banner was given by the

C6.

These three windows were erected

To the glory of God
And in memory of
George Chapman, died 1874
And Mary, his wife, died 1897

C7.

To the glory of God and in memory

Of the following
Interred beneath this church
An infant
H. Athorpe, born 13 Sept buried 27 Dec

1791

Robert Athorpe Athorpe

OB 23rd Jan 1806 aged 59 years.
Henry Athorpe OB 5th May 1815 aged
34 years
Eliza, daughter of Robert Athorpe
OB 4th Nov 1815 aged 32 years
Mary Athorpe, OB 7th March 1821 aged
66 years
Ellen Ethelred Athorpe
OB 30th July 1863 aged 13 years
Mary Athorpe, OB 23rd Dec 1863 aged
52 years
Blanche Athorpe
OB 22nd June 1877 aged 25 years
John Carver Athorpe,
Born 9th Aug 1803 OB 12 Jan 1880 aged
77
George Middleton Athorpe
OB 16th Jan 1910 aged 74 years
Marmaduke Athorpe
OB 21st March 1921 aged 48 years
Dorothy Phyllis Harrison
OB 4th October 1947
Beloved daughter of Anne and
Maxwell Anthony Buchanan Harrison
High Court Judge, Khartoum
Accidently killed at Atbara
22nd July 1940

Anne Davidson Lawson Williams

Widow of Marmaduke Athorpe
OB 12 August 1954
The souls of the righteous
are in the hands of God

C8.
Portable Font in the Choir Vestry two
plaques
(moved to the Athorpe chapel
a. To The Glory of God
And in memory of
Harold and Irene Marjory Hazelhurst
1980
b. Given to the glory of God and in
loving
memory of Lee Adams
1959-1985 RIP

Died Jan 20 1959

Given by his colleagues
At Hadfields Ltd Sheffield
C14.

On rose bowl (not located)

To The glory of God
And In thanksgiving for the life and
character of
Maxwell Anthony Buchanan Harrison
Who was married in this church and
worshipped here. Born 22nd October
1899, killed in the Sudan 22nd July 1940
C15. On Christening jug in clergy vestry (not
located)
Fred White
Memorium
St Leonards Dinnington

C9.

Candlesticks in the choir vestry

(on the peoples altar)
Presented to St Leonards Church
Dinnington
In memory of Bernard Littlewood 19041977
C10. On one of a pair of candlesticks (not
located
To the glory of God
And in memory of
Corporal John Pyper
Killed in France 1915
Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his
friends

Osbert de Silkstone 1253

Richard de Melton
1268
Adam de Balsok
George de Hegham 1301
Phillip de Ekynton
1310
Henry de Standon
1330
John de Manningham 1332
John Redsere
1349
William de Tynslowe 1356
John Bertlemew
John de Wythestowe 1373
William Brandon
1470

C11. On one of a pair of candlesticks (not

located)
To the glory of God
And in memory of
Private William Jackson A.S.C.M.T.
Killed in France Sept 11th 1917
C12.

In clergy vestry
Now in the Narthex (room to rear of
church. NB this may not be the original
as later rectors have been added and
the layout differs from that indicated by
Gerald Stratford

1549

12

Rectors of Dinnington 1253

1977
See next column >>>>
C13.
altar)

On candle holder (either end of high

In loving memory of Kenneth Brookman

aged 25

1688

1271
1271

32
49
56

1356

William Ingrame
John Foxston
Thomas Fayrum
William Faux
William Tykill
Roger Chester
Thomas Dykonson
Richard Nowell
Richard Symmes
Richard Laybourne
William Webster

1416 30
1431 34
1434 47
1447

John Hawkesmore
Henry Astley
Nicholas Harvey
Roger Fretwell
Miles Aspenden

1549 56
1556 80
1580 - 91
1591 1609
1609

1452
1455 59
1459 78
1478 79
1479 99
1499

Ralph Leake
1612
Walter Browning M.A. 1635
Robert Pricket M.A. 1636
Henry Priest
1640
Thomas Spencer
Thomas Willoughby M.A.
Edward Baxter
Thomas Lackland

35
36
40
63
1663 79
1679 81
1681
-

1728
1738

William Radcliffe Sn. M.A.

1688

William Radcliffe Jn M.A.

1728

Jonathon Turner M.A.

John Bowman
Robert Brown
John Clark
James Mower
William H Downes
James Horrox B.A.
G. M. Athorpe M.A.
J. H. Twining M.A.
J. G. Saunders
1909
1935

1995
2002

1738 46
1746 54
1754 69
1769 1818
1818 35
1835 41
1841 70
1870-82
1882 86
1886

In memory of Ruth Littlewood enrolling

member of M.U.
1902-1971 Given by her husband and
family.
C20.

On window
This window was given by Alice Nina
Athorpe to the Glory of God and to
replace the window erected by her
father John Carver Athorpe in memory
of his beloved wife who died on the 23rd
of December 1863 aged 52 years.

C21.

Ad majorem
Dei gloriam
In proud and loving memory of
Marmaduke Athorpe J.P.
Of Dinnington, Morthen
And Howden E. Yorks
Nephew of the Rev G.M. Athorpe M.A.
Born 19 July 1872, died 21st March 1921
And having been a little
Chastised they shall be greatly
Rewarded for God proved them
Worthy of himself
Make them to be numbered with
The Saints in glory everlasting
This memorial was erected by his wife
and children.

C22.

Ad Majorem Dei gloriam

In loving memory of Gordon Pyper
Of Hantane, Candy Ceylon
Obit 21st Feb 1916 aged 65 years
And of Eliza Low Blackie Pyper His wife
Obit 4th November 1885, aged 30 years
And God shall wipe all tears from their

Harold S. Fotheringham M.A. 1909

Robert H. Norby M.A.
Haffy H. W. Bean
Tom Dixon B.A.
Leslie Hayes
Michael Jackson M.A.
Brian Ashley
Simon P. Bailey

1935 46
1946 54
1955 55
1955 61
1962 76
1977 1985
1985

Susan K. Proctor

1996

Jane Bolton

2002 -

2011
C16.

C17.

On front of chancel step

Moved to the base of the choir stall
Gloria in excelcis deo. This chancel was
built by the parishioners in 1910 in
memory of The Rev G.M. Athorpe M.A.
Squire and formerly Rector of this
parish. The choir stalls and altar, given
by surviving members of his family.
Sacred To the memory of Margaret
The beloved wife of the Revd James

Horrox

Who died September the 3rd 1843 Aged

35 years
Also of James Horrox
For 29 years Rector of Dinnington
Who died April 13th 1870 Aged 70
years.
C18.

Wood
1916

Not located
To the glory and loving memory of
Rifleman Donald Leitch K.R.R.
Who was killed in action at Delville
In the Battle of the Somme 27th August
This Processional Cross is given by
His parents, brothers and sisters
He gave his life for us

C19.

On statuette of the Virgin Mary

eyes
C23. On small table
In memory of
Ada Mary Makinson
Died October 6th 1941
C24.
C61)

1861
C25.

On lectern
(moved to opposite side of church
To the glory of God and in memory of
John Athorpe eldest son of J.C. Athorpe
Born March 31st 1833
Captain H.M. 85th Light Infantry
Died at Pietermaritzburgh March 3rd
Not located
This tablet is erected in loving and
grateful memory of
Florence A Harrison
Patrol Leader in the Rangers of 1st
Dinnington Girl Guide Company
Born November 28th 1899. Died April
28th 1924
The duty of a Ranger is to carry the
Guide promise into a wider world

C26.

On window
To the glory of God and in the memory
of Samuel George Gurnhill. Born 4th
August 1869 Died 13th November 1913.
Sometime Vice Chairman of Kiveton
Park Rural District Council a
Churchwarden of this parish. This
window was given by his friends and
fellow parishioners.

1914 1919
Remember with
Thanksgiving
The true and faithful
men
Who in these years of

C27.

Sgt H. Coe
Pte J. Connah
Pte S. Connell
Pte A. Cooke
Pte G. Cooper
Pte H. Cowley
Pte W. H Crookes
Sgt T. Dennis
Pte E. Dent
Pte A. Dunn
Lcpl A. Elliss
Lieut O. Frizoni
Pte G. Fulford
Pte W. L Gaunt
Pte F. Gee
Pte J. Golding
Pte T. Goodall
Pte JAS Goundry
Pte J. Goundry
Pte J. Gregory
Pte J. Grice
Pte T. Griffiths
Pte A Guest
Pte C. Harris
Pte B. Harvey
Cpl J. Hemmingfield
Pte G.H Hodgkinson
Pte R. Hooton
Pte W. Jackson
Pte W. Jenkins
Pte J.A Johnson
Pte B. Jones
Pte S. Kay
Pte J. Keetley
Pte M. Kilcoyne
Sgt H. Kirk
Pte F. Lambert
Pte S. Langstone

For God and the right

The names of those who
Returned not again, are
Here inscribed to be
Honoured for evermore.

war
Went forth from this
place
Pte J. Adams
Pte A. Anderson
Pte D. Bailey
Pte T. Barber
Pte J. Bellamy
Sgt Maj Abesant
Pte J. Bowman
Pte J.G Burton
Pte G. Bussey
Pte H. Cadwallender

Pte D. Leitch
Pte T. Lerigo
Pte A. Lewis
Pte A. Lister
Pte J. Liversidge
Pte J. Lord
Pte F.T Lumley
Pte B. Maine
Pte T. Manderfield
Pte N. Martin
L/Sgt A. Morgan
Pte J. Morgan
Pte W.H Morris

Pte S. Mugglestone
Pte A. Needham
Pte W. Needham
Pte A. Newton
Pte W. Parker
Pte O. Parkes
CSM G.H Parkin
Pte E. Pattison
Pte G. Playfoot
Pte A. Price
Pte C. Pursglove
Pte T. Pursglove
Pte T. Raven
Sappr R.T Roberts
Pte J. Robinson
Sgt J. Roome
Pte D. Saunderson
Cpl W. Shepard
Pte A. Sherwin
Pte J. Skelton
Pte S. Smedley
Pte W. Spencer
Pte S. Stanley
Pte J. Steward
Pte J. Sugden
Pte H. Taylor
Pte F. Waller
Pte A. Watson
Pte T. Wheeler
Pte C. White
Pte E. Whitehead
Pte J. Wilton
Pte P. Whittington
Pte A. Yorke

Sgt/P John Fulford

Pte William Gee
WO Roland Hall
Pte John Hancox
Col. Maxwell Harrison
L/Cpl Henry Hartshorn
Flt/Sgt Harold Hayes
Sgt Robert Haynes
Dvr Kenneth Hill
Pte Frank Hoggard

C29.
1939 - 1945 WAR MEMORIAL donated
by the
Dinnington Branch of the Royal British
Legion
Dedicated 30 October 1977

Pte William Cross

Cpl C.A Selkirk

C28.

In Memory of the

men of
DINNINGTON
who died in the
War
1939
1945
Pte Malcolm Adcock
Pte Edwin Adshead
LAC Bertram Ash
Pte Fred Beesley
Sgt Thomas Booth
Cpl Norman Bradshaw
L/Cpl Harry Brown
L/Cpl William Burdett
RQMS Reg Cleary
Sgt Colin Dalton
Sgt Joseph Dowley
PO David Fulford

L/Cpl James Hoyle

Sgt John Kennedy
Gnr Wilfred Marriott
Pte Jack Milner
Sgt Joseph Newman
Pte John Norbury
GDN Ronald Norbury
Flt/Sgt Horace Plant
Cpl Colin Quinton
Pte Sam Quinton
GDN Herbert Radley
PO Herbert Richardson DFM
Pte Ernest Smedley

Sgt A.G. Frederick Spencer

Pte Ronald Stevenson
Pte Frederick Turner
Sgt Harry Turner DFM
Pte Fred Watkinson
Pte William West
Pte Vernon Williams
Tpr George Wood
Gnr Eric Wright