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PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RUSTON PARVA CHURCHYARD AND CHURCH ETC..

Introduction

These photographs were taken in September 2013 by Doreen Laycock and Lisa Blosfelds. Although they were taken in conjunction with the East Yorkshire Family History Society's Burton Agnes and Ruston Parva Memorial Inscription book, this is not necessary to make full use of these photographs. Our aim was to create a virtual tour of both the church and churchyard, photographing everything of significance in both of them, and also to photograph every monument that we could find.

The order of pictures is as follows: the approach to the church, including a picture of the ancient market cross stump on the village green, an anticlockwise tour of the churchyard and clockwise series of views of the exterior of the church. These are followed by a virtual tour of the inside of the church. Lighting conditions in the church made some things difficult to photograph but we did our best. Finally we move back out of the church for photographs of every monument in the churchyard. When taking pictures of these we followed, as far as possible, the order taken in the MI book. In the list of photographs those monuments which are recorded in the MI book have been given a suffix MI and the number which corresponds to that in the book, where a complete transcription of the inscription will be found. With more recent monuments not included in the book the names and dates on the stones are given but not a full transcription. Where a monument or extra wording has been added to a pre-existing one the MI number is given and the additional material appears after it.

In the years since the MI book was compiled some changes have taken place, the greatest being that burials continue to take place in the churchyard and, consequently, that some new monuments have been erected. Rather than group these new monuments together at the end we have inserted them where they stand among those which already existed when the original MI book was compiled. Many of the new monuments form parts of family groupings.

In captioning the inscriptions of married couples I have in most cases followed the order in which the names appear without repeating the surname, eg John and Mary Smith. However, the East Riding custom of giving a boy the maiden name of either his mother or one of his grandmothers as one of his forenames can lead to some confusion. In these cases I have repeated the surname (see in particular, RP108, the grave of Tom Talbot Constable and his wife Phoebe). Where relatives other than a man and his wife occupy a single grave I have specified this as far as can be told.

Ruston Parva church is small and plain but is, nevertheless, worth a visit. The church stands on a hilltop just off the main Bridlington to Driffield road and has fine views over the village and the Wolds. It is approached via a private driveway which gives access to a narrow lane leading uphill through fields. There has been a church in Ruston Parva since time immemorial but the old one was demolished and a new one built in 1832 using, where possible, material salvaged from the old one. Consequently some of the monuments are older than the church

Finally I would like to thank the kind gentleman whose driveway gives access to the church for the information he gave us particularly regarding the bell which had to be moved to the shelf over the chancel arch inside the church to avoid its weight damaging the steeple, and also Doreen's husband Colin Laycock for his kindness in chauffeuring us and his patience in waiting while the photographs were taken. Anyone curious to see what Doreen and I look like may spot us in the pictures. Doreen is the one with short hair.


These photos of the Ruston Parva Churchyard and Church etc. were taken in 2013 and consequently no graves after this date appear here.

The links given below take you to the first photo of the grave of the relevant name.

The number for the photograph is given in the caption below the photograph.

There are three sizes of photos: the thumbnail images which link to a page containing a larger image (640 by 480 pixels), and then a full size image which is linked from the previously mentioned larger image. The full size image may be saved for your own personal use.

The list of photographs

The photographs:

Altar  Base_of_the_market_cross  Bell_in_the_recess_of_the_chancel_arch 
Bible  Chancel  Church_door_from_the_inside 
Church_from_the_east  Church_from_the_north_east  Church_from_the_path 
Church_from_the_south  Church_from_the_south_west  Church_interior 
Church_interior_from_the_altar_rail  Church_interior_from_the_door  Church_Lane_Ruston_Parva 
Crab_apples_at_Ruston_Parva  Date_stone_on_the_church  East_end_of_the_churchyard 
Font  Gateway_of_the_path_to_the_church  Headstones_against_the_north_facade 
Headstones_against_the_south_facade  Inscription_in_the_Bible,_Robert_Coultas_Tyson,_Cloughton  Inscription_in_the_Bible 
Interior_of_the_west_end_(spot_Doreen_hiding)  Jefferson_-_Plaque_on_the_altar_in_memory_of_John(MI_43)  Lectern 
North_east_corner_of_the_churchyard  Notice_board  Oak_chair_with_a_canvas_work_cushion 
Organ  Pews  Pew_end_detail 
Pulpit  Sheep_in_the_field_by_the_path  Sign_post 
Small_table_with_a_pretty_cloth  Upper_gate  View_east_from_the_churchyard 
View_north_east_from_the_churchyard  View_of_the_village_from_the_church  View_towards_the_village_from_the_upper_gate 
Visitor_information_on_the_font_lid  Way_to_the_church  West_end_of_the_church 

Happy hunting!

Doreen Laycock and Lisa Blosfelds