CRICH PARISH

which consists of the villages of Crich, Fritchley and Whatstandwell.

Plaques and Memorials inside the Baptist Church

There are five memorial plaques inside the Baptist Church

Crich Baptist church

In

LOVING MEMORY OF

HANNAH HOWITT

ELDEST DAUGHTER OF

ISAAC AND MARY PETTS

B0RN JANUARY 22ND 1852

DIED JANUARY 11TH 1883 I

HAVE DONE WITH SIN, I HAVE DONE WITH SORROW;

I FLY TO THE SPOTLESS REALMS OF LIGHT

ALSO OF MARY PETTS

THE ABOVE, WHO FELL ASLEEP IN

JESUS JANUARY 25TH 1885

IN HER 52ND YEAR

 

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IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF

SAMUEL BENNETT

WHO DIED APRIL 24TH 1883

IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

WE HAVE LOST A STANDARD-BEARER

WHO WAS FOREMOST IN THE FIGHT

TRUE AND TENDER, BRAVE, COURAGEOUS

WITH HEART THAT LOVED THE RIGHT

BUT, WHILE WE ARE WEEPING FOR HIM

HE THE CROWN OF LIFE HAS WON

HE IS RESTING BY THE RIVER

AND HAS HEARD THE WORDS "WELL-DONE"

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SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

MARY

THE BELOVED WIFE OF

THOMAS HARDSTONE

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 30TH 1891

AGED 68 YEARS

NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE

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IN

LOVING

REMEMBRANCE OF

FLORENCE MARIA

THE BELOVED AND ONLY

DAUGHTER OF JOSIAH &

ANN OAKDEN

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

SEPTEMBER 6TH 1885

AGED 12 YEARS

SHE SLEEPS IN JESUS

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

HENRY COWLISHAW

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

APRIL 3RD 1884, AGED 55

YEARS

ALSO OF MARY ANN,

HIS BELOVED WIFE

WHO DIED MAY 13TH 1885

AGED 56 YEARS

MR. COWLISHAW WAS A MEMBER

OF THIS CHURCH FORTY YEARS

MRS. COWLISHAW WAS A MEMBER

THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS

MR. COWLISHAW WAS ALSO

DEACON OF THIS CHURCH TWENTY

SEVEN YEARS AND SUPERIN

TENDENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS

FROM HIS FIRST CONNECTION

WITH THE CHURCH HE WAS

EARNESTLY AND FAITHFULLY

DEVOTED TO HIS MASTERS CAUSE.

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