Tarrant Rushton

St Mary's Church
Memorials, plaques & transcriptions

Pictures and transcriptions by Dorinda Miles

Tarrant Rushton Church – Medieval Amplifiers

On the eastern face of the chancel arch wall are two earthenware vessels that act as amplifiers. They were probably placed there about 1458 to amplify the voice of the priest and are the earliest known use of jars as amplifiers in England.

This beautiful stained glass window 
is a memorial to:

‘In Loving Memory Of Fanny Isabella Wilson,
3rd Daughter of The Late Rev Francis Smith
This Window Is Erected By Her Brother
Edmund Hanson Smith Sept 1887’
IN MEMORY OF
GLADYS MARIE COBHAM
BELOVED WIFE OF SIR ALAN J COBHAM
BORN 29 AUG 1897, DIED 19 OCT 1961, 
AGED 64 YEARS
A LIFE FULL OF DEVOTION 
TO ALL THOSE AROUND HER


IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ELIZABETH
DAUGHTER OF
THE REV’D JAMES PENNY
BORN 16TH JUNE, 1851
DIED 14TH FEB, 1933
AND OF HER SISTER
EMILY
BORN 16TH MARCH, 1856
DIED 9TH DECEMBER, 1948

“IN THY PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY”
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IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
EDWARD PENNY, M.D.
BORN 15TH DECEMBER, 1854
DIED 27TH NOVEMBER, 1926
MEDICAL OFFICER
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE 1886 – 1919
“DARE QUAM ACCIPERE”
ALSO OF HIS WIFE
ANNIE DALTON PENNY,
DAUGHTER OF
ALFRED DOWNING FRIPP, R.W.S.
BORN 24TH JANUARY 1850
DIED 4TH DECEMBER 1938
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IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARY ANNE
WIFE OF THE REV. JAMES PENNY, M.A.
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
BORN MARCH 9, 1830
DIED SEPTEMBER 25, 1907

“I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE 
WITH THY LIKENESS”

ALSO
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JAMES PENNY M.A.
RECTOR OF TARRANT RUSHTON
AND RAWSTON, FOR 37 YEARS
BORN JANUARY 21, 1820
DIED JANUARY 9, 1915


NEAR TO THIS CHURCH,
IN WHICH FOR TEN YEARS HE HAD FAITHFULLY PREACHED
THE WORD OF GOD,
REST THE REMAINS OF
THE REVD FRANCIS SMITH,
FIFTH SON OF SIR JOHN WYLDEBORE SMITH. BART

WARMTH OF AFFECTION AND UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART
WERE THE LEADING FEATURES OF HIS CHARACTER,
AND ENDEARED HIM GREATLY TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM.

IN THE MIDST OF HIS USEFULLNESS
HE WAS SUDDENLY CALLED “TO SLEEP IN JESUS”
DEC 29TH 1851IN THE 41ST YEAR OF HIS AGE

THOUGH SURROUNDED BY EVERYTHING
THAT COULD RENDER THIS LIFE ATTRACTIVE
HE SOUGHT A BETTER COUNTRY EVEN A HEAVENLY ONE
AND HAD A “DESIRE TO DEPART AND BE WITH CHRIST”

HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE
DEEPLY SORROWING FOR HERSELF AND HER CHILDREN
YET REJOICING IN HIS HAPPINESS
ERECTS THIS TABLET
TO THE MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FRANCIS ALFRED SMITH B.A.
RECTOR. DIED JULY 15 1877, AGED 35
INSCRIBED WITH DEEP ATTACHMENT
BY HIS PARISHIONERS

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TO THE MEMORY OF
LEONORA DIGGLE
ONLY DAUGHTER OF
THE REVD GEORGE EVERLEIGH SAUNDERS
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
SHE DIED ON THE 26TH AUGUST 1836
IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR
OF HER LIFE

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE REV JAMES PENNY M.A.
RECTOR OF THE UNITED PARISHES
OF TARRANT RUSHTON AND RAWSTON FOR 37 YEARS
WHO PASSED AWAY JANUARY 9TH 1915, AGED 94
DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS PARISHIONERS
BY WHOM THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED

Sir Alan J Cobham was the founder of flight 
refuelling and for many years his company was located 
at the site of the old airfield in Tarrant Rushton 
before moving to Wimborne.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALAN JOHN COBHAM
K.B.E. A.F.C
BORN 6 MAY 1894 DIED 21 OCTOBER 1973
REMEMBERED FOR HIS VISION, ENERGY AND COURAGE
IN THE SERVICE OF AVIATION AND HIS COUNTRY

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GLADYS MARIE COBHAM
BORN 29 AUGUST 1897, DIED 19 OCTOBER 1961, AGED 64 YEARS
BELOVED WIFE OF SIR ALAN J COBHAM
EVER REMEMBERED FOR HER GRACIOUSNESS, LOVE AND CONSIDERATION
FOR OTHERS

IN PROUD 
AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
COLONEL FRANCIS MCCRONE DOUIE
D.S.Q., M.C., ROYAL ENGINEERS  BELOVED
HUSBAND OF CLARA DOUIE WHO WAS
BORN 20TH MARCH 1886 AND DIED
29TH AUGUST 1935
“CLARIOR HINC HONOS”

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IN MEMORY OF
SIR EDMUND CHARLES WYLDBORE SMITH
YOUNGEST SON OF
THE REV FRANCIS ALFRED SMITH
DIED 18TH OCTOBER 1938
AGED 61 YEARS

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROBERT MONTGOMERY ROE
OF THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT
YOUNGEST SON OF SIR CHARLES ARTHUR ROE KT
BORN SEPTEMBER 6TH 1882
DIED OF HIS WOUNDS IN FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1914
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND THE CAUSE OF RIGHT
PRO REGE, PRO LEGE, PRO PATRIA

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT LEONARD HALE WHITE, R.N.
SECOND SON OF WILLIAM HALE WHITE, M.D.
AND OF JANE HIS WIFE  ~ BORN IN LONDON
JANUARY 7TH 1890. WOUNDED IN ACTION IN
H.M.S. TIGER, JANUARY 24TH 1915  ~ KILLED
IN H.M.S, NATAL, DECEMBER 30TH 1915
NON EST MORTALE QUOD OPTO

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ALFRED HALE WHITE
7 OCTOBER 1887
30 MARCH 1939
OF A GOOD COURAGE

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TO THE MEMORY OF 
CAPTAIN ARTHUR SMITH
THE ROYAL SCOTS
THIRD SON OF THE LATE
REV FRANCIS SMITH
FORMERLY RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED AT BOURNEMOUTH
ON THE 8TH MARCH 1885
AGED 54 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A
MARK OF AFFECTIONATE REGARD
BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN BELOVED MEMORY OF
HUGH FRANCIS WYLDBORE-SMITH
CAPTAIN R.N. BORN 1869
ELDEST SON OF FRANCIS ALFRED SMITH
SOMETIME RECTOR OF THIS PARISH,
HE, HAVING SERVED HIS COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR, DIED MAY 1919
“CRUX UNA, VIA UNA, SPES UNICA”


      

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