Rushden Research Group: Old Baptist Church burials

Old Baptist Church
"Top Meeting"

Burials

1841-1847 Burials are from the Old Record Book pages 303 - 309
1860-1907 Burials from a list kindly passed to us by the Church Archivist in 1999
See also the lists of Church Members for additional notes of deaths.

Courtesy of the late Colin Bryant's Collection
by kind permission of Rushden Museum

View of the front showing graves in front of the building before the burial grounds were cleared c1953 and gravestones lined up against the boundary wall, and tarmac laid in front for parking.
The building was then used by the Rock Foundation.

Northampton Mercury, 22 September 1860

.... was for a gravestone supplied to him and to put at the head of defendant's child's grave in the burial ground of the Baptist Chapel, Rushden. The stone was £2 2s, and the fee for putting it down, which he paid to the sexton, 2s. 6d. Defendant refused to pay for ....

Surname	Forename	age	notes	date	year
Achurch	F A			May-12	1845
Allen	Frances			Jun-18	1847
Allen	Hannah			Jan-20	1847
Bailey	Hannah			Jul-02	1843
Baker	William			Sep-06	1845
Bates	Eliza	75	Rushden Hill	Jan-23	1888
Bates	Eliza	12	Crabb St	Dec-31	1885
Bates	Walter Ellis	20	Crabb St	Jun-20	1887
Bayes	Rebecca			Nov-19	1843
Bayes	Sarah Lizzie	23	Little St	Dec-16	1886
Bolton	Elizabeth			Jan-07	1844
Bolton	John			Feb-22	1844
Bradfield	Martha	84	widow	Apr-22	1907
Brown	William		Wymington	Mar-16	1845
Browning	James	62	Caldecott	Jun-05	1872
Browning	Mary Ann	86	Harlestone	May-10	1899
Bull	George			May-24	1846
Burgess	Elizabeth			Feb-12	1844
Chettle	Joshua			Feb-27	1846
Clark	Mary			Oct-27	1843
Clayton	Frances			Apr-07	1844
Clayton	Frank	3	Packwoods Yd	Nov-29	1888
Codgbrook	William		Welllingborough	Jul-31	1846
Coleman	Florence	8wks	Little St	Feb-01	1888
Colson	Ann			May-17	1846
Colson	Elizabeth			Apr-09	1841
Colson	William	58	Rushden	Dec-24	1878
Cook	Edith Jane	7	Crabb St	Nov-10	1887
Cooper	Eli			Feb-15	1844
Corbett	Mary	65	High St	Jun-26	1888
Corby	Andrew	51	Crabb St, deacon	Feb-05	1888
Cuff	Mary	62	Wellingboro Rd	Feb-05	1888
Day	John			---	1842/3
Day	Susannah			Apr-04	1841
Denton	Elizabeth	80	Rushden	May-16	1902
Drage	John Reginald	10mo	Crabb St	Nov-17	1886
Durham	Samuel		Moor Rd	Aug-14	1892
Durham	Walter Spencer L	11mo	Crabb St	Jan-08	1888
Farey	Emma Jane	81	Park Rd	Dec-16	1886
Foskett	William	57	Church St	Dec-29	1888
Gilbert	---			Jul-04	1842
Green	John Sidney	4mo	High St	Feb-28	1887
Gross	Couifod	89	Bythorn	Jun-17	1891
Gross	Joseph	88		Sep-24	1884
Gross	Mrs		wife of Mr Tho, Caldecote	---	1847
Gross	Thomas		child	Nov-21	1846
Gross	William			Dec-31	1844
Higgins	Mary E	35	The Manse	Dec-13	1887
Knight	Charles			Nov-25	1844
Knight	Ebenezer	75	Higham Rd	Mar-18	1886
Knight	Elizabeth		Beaconsfield Tce, widow	Oct-13	1892
Knight	Jenny	18mo		Jan-27	1886
Knight	Lizzie		High St	Sep-26	1886
Knight	P H			May-12	1842
Linnett	Thomas			Jul-09	1841
Lovel	Mary			Mar-23	1845
Lovell	Lucy	60	Margetts Yd	Nov-19	1886
Mackness	Elizabeth			Aug-23	1844
Mackness	Rebecca			May-02	1845
Mackness	William James	3	High St	Jan-01	1886
Maddock	Sarah Ann		3 Harborough Rd	May-23	1860
Margetts	---			---	1847
Margetts	Ann			Jan-20	1847
Margetts	Emma		d of Thomas & Ann	Apr-25	1843
Mattocks	Edward			Oct-10	1845
Mee	Francis		Higham [Ferrers]	May --	1844
Miller	---		infant	Nov-04	1845
Miller	Sarah			Jan-31	1847
Moore	H R			Aug-16	1845
Morley	John Oliver	1mo	Crabb St	Feb-18	1888
Page	Ebenezer Whitmore	16mo	Little St	Mar-23	1887
Partridge	Amelia Florence	15mo	Crabb St	Jun-26	1887
Pettitt	Joseph	66	Little St	Oct-22	1887
Radbourne	William	69	High St	Oct-18	1887
Riddle	Eliza			Oct-04	1843
Robinson	Alice		Mrs	May-08	1842
Robinson	Maria	71	High St	Oct-29	1886
Sanders	Sarah Ann			May-09	1844
Sargent	Emily Hannah	20	Duck St	Apr-04	1887
Sargent	Emma		Newton Rd	Jun --	1890
Scroxton	Edith Anne	7	Succouth Yd	Dec-05	1887
Scroxton	George		Rice Field	Feb-06	1892
Sharwood	James		infant son of W H	Oct-12	1845
Sharwood	Mary	76	High St	May-05	1887
Sherwood	William Harris	5mo	Birds Field	Nov-08	1888
Sherwood	William Henry	24mo	Birds Field	Nov-12	1888
Smart	Ann			Jan-24	1845
Summerly	Mrs			Jun-27	1847
Tompkins	Emma Catherine	36	The Manse	Feb-27	1886
Turner	Joseph	81	Little St	Mar-24	1888
Turner	Mary	75	Little St	Jan-21	1888
Ward	B L		Mr of Grendon died May01	May-19	1847
Watts	Susannah			Sep-18	1842
West	Frederick	86	Wellingboro Rd	Sep-28	1887
Wiggins	Herbert	5mo	Packwoods Yd	Oct-11	1886
Willmot	Alma Phoebe	31	Co-op Row	Jul-24	1886
Willmott	Sophia	64	High St	Mar-14	1887
Wyman	Joseph			Dec-31	1846
York	Thomas			May-22	1845