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IN MEMORY OF
RICHARD MUNSON GENT.
who departed this Life
the 26th of February 1841
Aged 73[?] Years
Formerly of Walpole St Peters
Late of Terrington St John's
ALSO
ALICE HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
NOVEMBER 6 1850
AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO
SARAH WIFE OF
RICHARD MUNSON
ST PETER'S LODGE
SECOND [DAU?] OF JOHN DEARLOVE
[illegible line -- appears to end with "...TON CAMB)", including the closing parenthesis]
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JUNE 20th 1872
AGED 54 YEARS.

Alice, wife of Richard MUNSON is mentioned as a "kinswoman" in the 1805 will of Stephen WALKER (c1740-1805).

Sarah, wife of Richard MUNSON, is shown on the 1871 census as having been born in Leverington, Cambridgeshire, which possibly is the detail missing from the illegible line.

Marked as A6 / 24 on the burial map.

The arched entrance to the tomb beneath can be seen in these photos, just above the ground.  It reminded me of the Heriott tomb at South Wootton.

Stephen WALKER (1777-1844) (identity confirmed by burial map)

IN MEMORY OF
STEPHEN WALKER
[rest illegible]

Marked as A6 / 27 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Elizabeth WALKER, née SPRATT (1780-1811), first wife of Stephen WALKER (1777-1844) and the daughter of Richard and Amy SPRATT of Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk.

In Memory Of
Elizabeth Wife of
Stephen WALKER
[possibly some illegible lines below]

Elizabeth was the mother of Ann Maria (c1802-1855, wife of James BATTERHAM), Stephen (c1803-1824), Robert (c1806-1857, husband of Louisa WRAKE), Susanna (1808-?, wife of William CHARLTON of Holbeach, Lincolnshire) and William (1810-1870, husband of Sarah Ann RIPPER).

Marked as A6 / 26 on the burial map of the churchyard.  Another grave in this churchyard, that of Jane BATTERHAM (née HARRISON), who also died in 1811, is identical in size, shape and font.

Row of graves next to the MUNSON tomb.

Marked as A6 / 25-30 on the burial map of the churchyard (right-to-left; that is, starting next to the MUNSON tomb and counting away from it).

Robert HARRISON (c1810-1873), according to the burial map.  The grave on the very left of the row shown above.  No known relationship to the WALKER family, which might be why his grave is facing away from the church and theirs all face towards it.

...BERT...
...
21 JANUARY 1873
Aged 63 Years

Marked as A6 / 30 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Stephen WALKER, Jr, (c1803-1824), son of Stephen and Elizabeth (née SPRATT) WALKER, according to the burial map.

Inscription is illegible.

Marked as A6 / 29 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Ann Heriott WALKER (née COE) (1782-1838), second wife of Stephen WALKER (1777-1844).  Daughter of Francis and Mary (née THOMPSON) COE of Castle Rising, Wormegay and King's Lynn St Margaret.  Identity confirmed by burial map.

Inscription is illegible.

Mother of Mary Heriot WALKER (1816-1816), John Heriot WALKER (1817-1860, husband of Catherine CHAMBERLAIN), Mary Ann Heriot WALKER (1819-1868, wife of William RAMM), Elizabeth Heriot WALKER (1821-1868, wife of George ADCOCK and Blyford SWANN) and George Heriot WALKER (1824-1828).

Marked as A6 / 28 on the burial map of the churchyard.

John and Elizabeth (née PALMER) WALKER, parents of Stephen (1877-1844).  Identities confirmed by burial map; inscription is illegible.

John died 7 Jan 1781, aged 60 (according to the burial map) and buried 25 Jan 1782 (according to the parish register).

Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (née HEARFORTH) PALMER of Wisbech St Peter, Cambridgeshire, where she was baptised on 3 September 1741.  She died 13 November 1811 aged 75 (according to the burial map), 74 (according to the parish register) or 70 (to calculate from her baptismal date, assuming that she had been baptised shortly after birth).  John WALKER was a widower when they married, but it is yet uncertain whether he had had one or two wives before Elizabeth.

Marked as A6 / 25 on the burial map of the churchyard.  The stone is subsiding and the right corner is broken.  A cherub carving is still quite visible on the top left.

Richard MUNSON, likely the son of Richard and Alice MUNSON, whose tomb is immediately behind.

Marked as A5 / 21 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Mary JOHNSON

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
MARY JOHNSON
WHO DIED OCT. 29 1875
AGED 82 YEARS

A Mary WALKER had married a Henry JOHNSON in 1779, so this person is too young to have been that Mary WALKER, but I photographed it just in case she might one day fit into the family tree.

Marked as A8 / 36 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Trevor Herbert WALKER (1959-1959).  Someone had left a holly wreath on this grave.

WALKER
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
TREVOR HERBERT WALKER
WHO FELL ASLEEP
11TH JULY 1949
AGED 6 WEEKS
LITTLE CHILDREN ALL ...[ILLEGIBLE]
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

Marked as 01 / 7 on the burial map of the churchyard.

I didn't know whether or not any of the JOHNSON family buried here were relatives of mine, but photographed the graves just in case.

Charles Sebastian JOHNSON

IN AFFECTIONATE
AND BELOVED REMEMBRANCE OF
CHARLES SEBASTIAN
JOHNSON
WHOSE REDEEMED SPIRIT TOOK ITSELF
TO BE FOREVER WITH THE LORD
NOVEMBER 17TH 1886
IN THE 29TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
I WAS DUMB, I OPENED NOT MY MOUTH
BECAUSE THOU DIDST IT

Marked as A18 / 80 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Three sides of the same stone: Elizabeth, Benjamin and Kate JOHNSON.

IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
BENJAMIN BART. JOHNSON
WHO DIED
OCT. 30 1872.
AGED 82 YEARS.
[next side]
IN MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN BART. JOHNSON
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE JUNE 8
1867
IN HIS 80TH YEAR
[next side]
KATE
INFANT DAUGHTER OF
JAMES & SUSANNAH
JOHNSON
DIED APRIL 29 1869
AGED 3 MONTHS.

Marked as A17 / 73 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Charles JOHNSON.

Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES JOHNSON
WHO DIED 16 NOV 1854
Aged 34 Years
[3 lines verse]

Marked as A18 / 74 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Mary Elizabeth JOHNSON.

IN MEMORY OF
MARY ELIZABETH
DAUGHTER OF
JAS. & SUSANNAH JOHNSON
WHO[?] DIED
FEB 8 1858
AGED 1 YEAR

Marked as A18 / 75 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Row of graves which might be JOHNSON family members.
Thomas JOHNSON, confirmed by burial map, which gave his death date as 24 Jan 1826, aged 76.

SACRED
...o the Memory of
[broken stone]MAS JOHNSON
...arted this Life
...4[?] 1826[?]

Marked as A19 / 81 on the burial map of the churchyard.

James JOHNSON and Alice Maud CULLEN, formerly JOHNSON.

TREASURED MEMORIES OF
JAMES JOHNSON
BELOVED
FIRST HUSBAND OF
ALICE MAUD
DIED 28TH OCT. 1945
AGED 48 YEARS.
ALSO OF
HIS DEAR WIFE
ALICE
MAUD
CULLEN
DIED 16TH AUG.
1976
AGED 72 YEARS.

Marked as 9 / 4-5 on the burial map of the churchyard.

The font.
Looking down the aisle towards the font.
Jane (née HARRISON), wife of James BATTERHAM.  Jane died in 1811, the same year as Elizabeth (née SPRATT), the first wife of Stephen WALKER.  The stones for Jane and Elizabeth are identical in size, shape and font.  Jane's son James married Maria Ann (or Ann Maria) WALKER.

IN MEMORY OF
JANE WIFE OF
JAMES BATTERHAM
who died 20 June 1811
AGED 31 YEARS

Marked as A32 / 197 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Nathanial and Isabella BATTERHAM, likely the parents of James and grandparents of the James BATTERHAM who married Maria Ann (or Ann Maria) WALKER.  The burial map gives dates of death as 15 Aug 1828 (aged 73) and 20 May 1831 (aged 58) respectively.

SACRED
to the Memory
of
NATHANL. BATTERHAM
who departed this Life
August 15th 1828
AGED
73 Years

SACRED
to the Memory of
ISABELLA Wife of
NATHANL. BATTERHAM
who departed this Life
May 16th 1831
Aged 58[?] Years
[several lines of illegible text]

Marked as A32 / 124 on the burial map of the churchyard.

James BATTERHAM.  The burial map says he died 8 Feb 1815 aged 37.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES BATTERHAM
[2-3 lines illegible]
[line which appears to end in 'WAY"]
[2 lines illegible]
AGED 37 YEARS

Marked as A32 / 196 on the burial map of the churchyard.

The row of BATTERHAM graves near the church entrance.

Marked as A32 / 196, 197 and 124 on the burial map of the churchyard (reading from left to right, that is, starting closest to the church and reading away).

George Herbert and Edith May WALKER.

TREASURED MEMORIES
OF
A DEAR HUSBAND AND DAD
GEORGE HERBERT
WALKER
DIED 22ND APRIL 1989
AGED 72 YEARS.
'FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.'
EVERLASTING THOUGHTS OF
A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER
EDITH MAY
WALKER
DIED 23RD NOV. 1997
AGED 82 YEARS.
NOW AT PEACE TOGETHER.

Marked as H / 7-8 on the burial map of the churchyard.

The pipe organ.
A birch tree.  I was standing between the church and the WALKER graves when I took this photo.
The MUNSON tomb and the church exterior.  This is the stained glass window behind the altar.

Marked as A6 / 24 on the burial map of the churchyard.

The WALKER graves next to the MUNSON tomb, photographed while I was facing the church.

Marked as A6 / 25-30 on the burial map of the churchyard.

Robert HARRISON again, as I tried to get a better look at the inscription.

Marked as A6 / 30 on the burial map of the churchyard.

The view from the gate as we left.  The MUNSON tomb and the obelisk to Richard MUNSON are clearly visible just to the right of the church path.

My Norfolk roots:

CHAMBERLAIN | COE | HERIOTT | WALKER

HARBORD (exact relationship not proven)