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Prestwold's gravestonesJoan ShawIntroduction and photographs by Bob Trubshaw Early in 2026 I started a project to draw more attention to the eighteenth century stonemasons and engravers who produced the wonderful 'Swithland' slate gravestones in the churchyards of the Wolds villages (and over a much bigger area). No less than four of the most regionally and nationally important masons had workshops in Wymeswold. This article by Ginny Westcott gives some background to their lives. As a first step towards looking at other churchyards in the Wolds Joan Shaw has kindly typed up handwritten notes which were probably made by Alec and Jessie Moretti in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I have added photographs of some of the memorials. Almost all the gravestones at Prestwold are from slate. Those from before about 1840 use Swithland slate. Later ones use Welsh slate. Some, but not all, the memorials are 'signed' at the bottom with the maker's name. Because of vegetation growth some of these names are less visible now than when the survey was made.
The 'format' of this list is the name of the mason (in alphabetical order) followed by the date of death of the person(s) commemorated (so a good indication of when the memorial was created) followed by the surname of the deceased. J Agar of Syston 1923/1929 (Brown) Ashley 1885/6 (Tuffley 6) 1894 (Atkinson) Ashley of Loughborough 1899 (Matthews); 1893 (Simpson); 1879/1893 (Barnet); 1890 (Clarke) S. Ashley of Loughborough 1855 (Garton) Bass 1874 (Buxton) Burton of Loughborough 1919/1922 (Roberts) ; 1907/1930 (Handley); 1896/1902 (Marshall); 1887/1908 (Hill); 1939 (Brickwood); 1963 (Stores); 1908 (Redmile); 1920 (Harrison); 1915 (Hallam) Burton and Lowndes, Baxter Gate Loughborough 1890/1904 (Buxton) W Carrington of Loughborough 1841/1844 (Brown); 1839 (Remington); 1843 (Hardy); 1845/1850 (Price); 1838/1868 (Jackson) W C [almost certainly William Charles] 1743 (Matlock); 1747 (Preston); 1761 (White); 1741 Bonsar); 1743 (Cook); 1745 (Cook); 1758 (James) Charles 1753/1775 (Bonsor)
W Charles 1759 (James)
W Charles sculp(t) 1741 (Cooper); 1753 (Gilbert); 1758/1761 (Hall); 1746 (Mountney); 1759/1795 (James)
The outstanding memento mori motifs on William Charles' memorial for John Cooper of Hoton who died in 1741. Collin Bros 1943/1960 (Chadfield) W Dale Nottingham 1887/1893 (Boldock) Ferriman Wymeswold 1850 (Cooper); 1807/1854 Hammonds) W Fisher painter and engraver 1821 (Hall) Hale 1875 (Reynolds) Hickling 1878/1885 (Buxton); 1884 (Marshall) Hull 1840 (Ashby); 1853 (Ashby) Hull of Loughborough 1880/1886 (Shepherd); 1843 (Warner); 1877/1887 (Warner Lacey); 1879 (Garton); 1864 (Garton); 1874 (Garton); 1847 (Garton) W M Hull of Loughborough 1840 (Rule) H and W Hull 1883 (Garton) I Huston of Newark 1845 (Condon) Lindley Bros, Ashby Road, Loughborough 1898 (Parker) W L 1675/1690 (Loe) Martin of Loughborough 1826 (Slater) Pollard 1804 (Stevenson) Roberts 1868/1871 (Hallam) Roberts and Walpole 1862 (Frisby); 1851/1859 (Hart) Roworth 1839 (Bloodworth) Rowarth 1836 (Lacey) Roworth of Wymeswold 1801 (Gilbert); 1797/1804 (Glover) Swain 1860/1871 (Brown); 1856 (Robinson); 1860 (Robinson); 1859 (Cooper); 1866 (James) Tailby 1898 (Seal) J W 1777/1798 (Hall); 1777 (Cooper); 1767 (Stevenson); 1777 (Gilbert); 1779/1798 (Cragg); 1775 (Sowter); 1779 (James) West of Loughborough 1817 (Remington) Winfield 1838/1840 (Hill); 1833 (Hardy); 1832 (Dexter); 1827/1838 (Mee); 1810 (Cooper); 1802 (Bullivant); 1797/1810 (Toon): 1826 Glover); 1846 (Glover); 1802 (Gamble); 1816/1820 (Gamble); 1773 (Cragg); 1828 (Jackson); 1798 (Fletcher); 1769 (James); 1789 (Sowter); 1784 (Lacey); 1763 (James); 1766 (James) Winfield of Loughborough 1822 (Remington) Winfield of Wymeswold 1802 (Hall) Winfield engraver 1834 (Cooper); 1826 (Bonser); 1826 (Somes) Winfield sculpt 1809/1812 (Cresswell); 1841 (Glover) Wingfield (Winfield?) 1842/1843 (Noon) WW [almost certainly one of the Winfields] 1824 (Woolley)
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