Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Pendle
Town
Colne
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
42462

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Current location

St Bartholomew's Church
Church Street
Colne
Pendle
Lancashire
BB8 0EB
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 88900 40129
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
WALL TABLET WITH REPRESENTATION OF AN URN ABOVE, AND FLANKED BY TWO PILASTRES.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ THOMAS PARKER ESQR OF ALKINCOATES/ WHO DIED THE 27TH OF APRIL 1819/ AGED 66 YEARS/ ALSO BETTY, HIS WIFE, ONLY DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF EDWARD PARKER, ESQRE,/ OF NEWTON HALL IN THE COUNTY OF YORK/ WHO DIED THERE THE 8TH OF NOVR 1808/ AGED 51 YEARS/ AND WAS INTERRED AT SLAIDBURN/ ALSO OF ELLEN BORN THE 13TH OF JULY 1782/ AND EDWARD LEE BORN THE 3RD OF NOV 1785/ TWO OF THEIR CHILDEN, WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ OF ROBERT THEIR ELDEST SON/ WHO DIED THE 3RD OF JUNE 1789/ AGED 9 YEARS/ AND OF ELLEN, THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO DIED/ AT NEWTON HALL, THE 19TH OF DECR 1802/ AGED 10 YEARS/ AND WAS BURIED AT SLAIDBURN/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ LIEUT: ROBERT PARKER/ OF THE 76TH REGT OF FOOT/ FIFTH SON OF THE ABOVE/ THOMAS AND BETTY PARKER/ WHO DIED AT MIDDLEBURG/ THE 2ND OF SEPR 1809 AGED 19/ AND WAS INTERRED THERE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Parker, Robert
See details
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, place of burial, age, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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