Bulcote
Holy Trinity

Monuments and Memorials

On the walls there are a number of memorials to Holy Trinity parishioners.

Nave south wall

Rectangular white marble tablet on a wooden board

IN REMEMBRANCE OF

THOMAS WILSON,

SON OF JOSEPH AND MARIA WILSON,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT SCARBOROUGH
JUNE 29TH 1909,
AND IS BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD,
AGED 79.

Nave north side

Rectangular grey marble tablet on a wooden board

IN REMEMBRANCE OF
MARIA,
WIDOW OF THE LATE JOSEPH WILSON,
OF NOTTINGHAM,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVR 2ND 1875,

AGED 84 YEARS.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HER
AFFECTIONATE CHILDREN THOMAS & MARIA

Chancel –South wall over the organ arch

Two marble tablets one either side of the organ, partially covered by the organ pipes

On the right:

LYDIA WRIGHT
THE WIFE OF JOHN SMITH WRIGHT ESQ.
AND THE DAUGHTER OF EDWARD GRAY ESQ. OF HARRINGAY IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
SHE DIED THE 1ST. APRIL 1826
HER REMAINS WERE ATTENDED FROM TOURS IN FRANCE BY HER
HUSBAND AND DEPOSITTED IN THE VAULT BELOW
BY THE SIDE OF HER INFANT SON WHO DIED 1ST. FEBRUARY 1813

The above John Smith-Wright was the Lord of the Manor, having purchased the estate in 1803. He lived in Nottingham, and rented out Bulcote Lodge. The vault was under the chancel of the old church. It is not known if it still exists.

On the left:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN SMITH-WRIGHT ESQ.
OF BULCOTE LODGE NOTTS
BORN DECEMBER 6TH. 1774 DIED MARCH 8TH. 1848

THE BLESSING OF HIM WHO WAS READY TO PERISH
COME UPON HIM BECAUSE HE DELIVERED
THE POOR THAT CRIED AND THE FATHERLESS, AND
HIM THAT HAD NONE TO HELP HIM
JOB XXIX

South wall of Chancel

Rectangular Brass plate Gothic script

TO THE MEMORY OF COLONEL EGERTON-LEIGH OF HIGH LEIGH
 AND OF BULCOTE MANOR AND FOR SOME TIME M.P. FOR MID CHESHIRE
DIED JULY 1ST 1879 AGED 61 HE MARRIED LYDIA DAUGHTER
OF I SMITH WRIGHT ESQ (WHOSE REMAINS WITH THOSE OF
HIS WIFE AND SON REST IN THE CHANCEL)

BY HIS EXERTION THIS CHURCH WAS REBUILT IN 1862 ON THE SITE
OF THE FORMER SAXON CHURCH WHICH FELL IN THE YEAR 1859
THIS BRASS IS ERECTED BY HIS GRATEFUL FRIENDS J.A. AND M POPPLEWELL
THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSSED PROV. 10.7

The Misses Popplewell were the tenants of  Bulcote Lodge owned by Colonel Leigh-Egerton but never occupied by him. He acquired the estate by marriage to Lydia Rachel Smith-Wright daughter of the above.

Miss Maria Popplewell witnessed the collapse of the old church during a thunderstorm in 1861.

Wooden plaque on organ casing

IN MEMORY OF
HAROLD ADAMS TREASURER 1973
JANE ADAMS ORGANIST 1951-1993

South wall of nave

Marble tablet

WITHIN THE FAMILY VAULT
WITHIN THE NAVE OF THIS CHURCH ARE DEPOSITED
THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF
JOSEPH WILSON
LATE OF NOTTINGHAM
WHO DIED ON THE 14TH. DECEMBER 1859
AGED 77 YEARS
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN AFFECTIONATE
MEMORY BY HIS WIDOW

Also recorded on the grave marker of Ann Wilson his (1st) wife, located in the church burial ground, below west gable of the church who died in 1845.

Small brass plate

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM WILSON
WHO DIED MAY 3RD. 1883
AND OF MARY ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 1ST. 1899
THEIR HOME WAS FOR MANY YEARS IN THE VILLAGE
THEY DIED AND ARE BURIED AT SCARBOROUGH

Very small brass plate

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE GENEROUS BEQUEST
OF
RICHARD AND ALICE MARY DRIVER
1964
FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CHURCH