Monumental Inscriptions

CORNWALL Lelant
DORSET Langton Long
DURHAM Billingham
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Brockweir   Hewelsfield   Lydney   St. Briavels
HAMPSHIRE Bramshaw   Copythorne, Eling   Sherfield English   Southampton Hill Lane Cemetery   Southampton, Shirley   Southampton, West End   Wellow
KENT Kingsdown, Deal
LONDON Bryanstone Square   Kensal Green   Pentonville
SURREY Dormansland
WILTSHIRE Landford   Laverstock   Plaitford   Salisbury, London Rd Cemetery




Billingham, St. Cuthbert, Durham

Frederick Dibden died 1938 aged 64
Ellen Dibden died 1931 aged 57



Bramshaw, St. Peter, Hants

Harry Lanham Dibden b. 31 Oct 1860 died 5 Apr 1925 also his wife
Elizabeth Dibden b.10 Nov 1865 died 13 Nov 1944

Harriet Dibden died 13 Feb 1925 aged 72

Mary Dibden wife of Uriah died 21 Apr 1908 aged 59 also
Uriah Dibden died 12 Oct 1914 aged 67

Lydia Dibden died 3 Jan 1933 aged 58

Richard Dibden died 19 Feb 1895 aged 68 also
Elizabeth Dibden his widow died 7 Feb 1899 aged 70

William Dibden husband of Eliza Hester died 22 Sep 1901 aged 44 also
William Dibden son, lost in the wreck of the Titanic 15 Apr 1912 aged 18.
A photograph of the headstone can be found at Southampton Titanic Graves along with one of a plaque inside the Church, erected in the memory of William and the other young men who travelled with him.
'There shall be no more sea (Rev XXXI:1) In memory of Percy Deacon Aged 17 William Dibden 18 Charles Henry Davies 19 Ambrose Hood 21 Stanley George Hickman 21 Leonard Mark Hickman 24 Lewis Hickman 32 All of this parish who were lost in the wreck of SS Titanic on April 15 1912 through collision with an iceberg in the Atlantic. Erected by Parishioners and Friends'

Charlotte Dibden wife of James died 19 Feb 1897 aged 67 also
James Bishop Dibden died 1 Jan 1924 aged 85

James Dibden died 27 Aug 1871 aged 73 husband of Sarah

Jacob Dibden died 25 Aug 1876 aged 41 also
Margaret Rachel Dibden wife of the above died 6 Nov 1876 aged 41

Moses Dibden died 27 Mar 1876 aged 75

Annie Dibden only child of Henry and Eliza Dibden died 30 Jun 1888 aged 21

Henry Dibden husband of Annie died 28 Apr 1930 aged 70

Rena Phyllis Dibden wife of Frederick died 6 Jun 1958 aged 55 also
Frederick Dibden died 18 Feb 1968 aged 78

Hellen Dibden mother of E & H Dibden died 21 Sep 1893 aged 55

David Dibden died 13 May 1883 aged 64 also
George Dibden youngest son of the above b. 9 Apr 1858 died 17 Aug 1883 aged 25

Moses Dibden died 12 May 1849 aged 80
Bettey Dibden wife died 12 Mar 1856 aged 79

Thomas Dibden died 5 Jun 1932 aged 65 also his wife
Lucy Maria Dibden died 19 Oct 1962 aged 83

Elizabeth Mary died 6 Jul 1938

Edward Charles Dibdin husband and father died 19 Aug 1961 aged 75

Eva Mary Dibden died 8 May 1946 aged 56 also her husband
William Dan Dibden died 13 Jul 1949 aged 66

Cyril Dibden died 25 Jun 1941 aged 62

James Thomas Dibdin husband died 13 Jan 1944 aged 73 also
Edith Dibdin his wife died 30 Apr 1951 aged 81

Aquila Dibden died 17 Dec 1958 aged 86 granddad to Peter, Pauline and Steven also his wife
Susan Elizabeth Dibden died 2 Feb 1964 aged 82

Benjemin Dibden died 13 Aug 1968 aged 72

Alfred William Dibden died 22 Jan 1974 aged 74

Betsy Dibden died 15 Sep 1977 aged 91 also her sister
Hester Eveline Dibden died 11 Nov 1978 aged 79

Lily Henrietta Dibden 1906-1985

Charles Thomas Dibden (Colonel Q.O.R.W.K.Reg) husband of Christina 1891-1975
Ellen Christina Dibden died 1983

Bessie Dibden died 19 Feb 1872 aged 13mths

James Thomas Dibdin died 2 Mar 1925 aged 78 also
Fanny Dibdin died 15 Feb 1929 aged 81

Charles Dibdin formerly of Southampton died Oct 1889 aged 72
Mary Ann Dibdin wife of Charles and youngest daughter of the late Thomas Cooper died 12 Oct 1885

Ellen Dibden daughter of David and Ann died 16 Jan 1887 aged 26

Rachael Christina Dibden daughter of Henry and Annie, born 20 Nov 1899, died 26 Jan 1900 aged 2m

Also in the church:
A Memorial to those who gave their lives in the 1914-1918 War:
Charles DIBDEN



Brockweir Moravian Churchyard, Brockweir, Gloucs
Source: Find A Grave

Ellen Dibden died 9 Sep 1906

Henry Dibden died 26 Jan 1890 aged 58



Copythorne, North Eling, Hants

644 In Loving Memory of Thurza Dibden beloved wife of Eli Dibden died 27 October 1898 aged 58

659 In Loving Memory Of Charles Dibden beloved husband of Elizabeth died 3 December 1911 aged 70
Rhoda Dibden 2nd daughter of above died 20 March 1918 aged 42
Elizabeth Dibden died 9 December 1928 aged 88



Dormansland, Surrey

Source: The Times; 6 Jul 1939; pg.10

Ecclesiastical News (Notes): A bell in memory of the late Sir Lewis and Lady Dibdin has been given to Dormansland Church, Surrey, where Sir Lewis Dibdin worshipped for 40 yrs and was vice-chairman of the Parochial Church Council from its formation until his last illness. The bell is to be dedicated on Tuesday at 6.30pm by the Rev. F.H. Bartlam, vicar of Kingston Vale and formerly vicar of Dormansland.



Hewelsfield, Gloucs

In Affectionate Remembrance of Warron Dibden who died at St. Briavels July 10 1874 in the 72nd year of his age.
Also of Ann Wife of the Above who died in St. Briavels January 18th 1908 aged 89 years

In Loving Memory of James Philip Dibden of Quay House Brockweir who died Sept 7th 1929 aged 64 years.
In Loving Memory of Edwin Dibden of Quay House Brockwier who died Sept 15th 1941 aged 77 yrs
Also of Agnes Dibden died Dec 30th 1949 aged 80 years

In Loving Memory of Edith Dibden Quay House Brockweir born 9th Jan 1867 died 1st Apr 1921.

In Memory of Albert James Dibden son of John and Elizabeth Dibden who died July 24th 1873 aged 24 yrs
Also of the above John Dibden who died August 27th 1905 aged 81 yrs

....... daughter of ....... Dibden who died the 22nd of ..... ..... aged 16 years

......... Dibden who departed .... ..... 1813 aged 52 years

Stone erected by his widow - In memory of John George Dibden who departed life on the coast of Africa 26th of November 1860 aged 34 years

In Memory of William son of Morgan and Hannah Dibden who died January the 6th 1781 aged 22 yrs
Also Morgan and Hannah Dibden parents of the above William. Morgan died 1791 aged 69 yrs. Hannah died 14th Feb 1804 aged 84 yrs

In Memory of Elizabeth and Mary daughters of Philip and Jane Dibdon. Elizabeth died April ye 17th 1779 aged 9 mths. Mary died Apr the 22nd 1779 aged 3 yrs and 4 mths.
Also of Isaac son of John and Sarah Herbert who died 2 Nov 1832 aged 19 yrs
John Herbert brother of the above died Oct 14 [1836 / 1833] aged 21 yrs.
Also Philip Dibdon father of the said children died Jan 23rd 1820 aged 79 yrs
Also Jane his wife departed this life April the 2nd 1820 aged 76 yrs
Also Sarah wife of John Herbert died 23rd Sept 1842 aged 55 yrs
Also John Herbert died Feb 16th 1855 aged 78 yrs.

In Memory of Thomas Dibden who died March 21st 1874 aged 77 yrs.

Source: 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the County of Gloucester, printed from the original papers of the late Ralph Bigland Esq. Garter Principal King of Arms' (London 1791/2); Ref. Volume 2 (1792): Hewelsfield; Inscriptions on Headstones, pg.89

William Dibdon son of Morgan and Hannah died 6 Jan 1781 aged 22



Kingsdown, Deal, Kent; St. John

Documents held by Canterbury Cathedral Archives

Ref. no. DCb/E/F/Kingsdown (Deal), St John/5 - date: 1929
Removal of the north window and replacement with stained glass in memory of Eugenie Emilie Dibdin

Ref. no. DCb/E/F/Kingsdown (Deal), St John/10 - date: 1935
Erection of a memorial tablet in alabaster and marble on the south wall in memory of Sir Robert and Lady Dibdin



Landford, Wilts

Ethel May Dibden wife of Joseph Dibden died 20 October 1912 aged 28



Langton Long, Dorset

Ruby Florence Lorraine Dibden daughter of Annie died 25 Apr 1946 aged 29



Laverstock, Wilts

Peter Lorraine Dibden died 14 Aug 1967 aged 43



Lelant, Cornwall

Frederick Walter Dibden died 27 Feb 1960 aged 61



London, Bryanstone Square; St. Mary

Source: Notes and Queries; 2nd Series, Volume VII; 9 Apr 1859, page 305.
Notes and Queries is a journal for readers to ask and answer questions. First published in November 1849, it was described as "a medium of intercommunication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc."

The following was submitted by S.S.H., in answer to a question published in the Feb 19th edition of that year, regarding an epitaph erected to the Revd. T.F. Dibdin

Dr. Dibdin died in 1847, and was buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery. A tablet was placed to his memory in St. Mary's Church, Bryanstone Square; the inscription on which is as follows:-

"Sacred
to the Memory of
Thomas Frognall Dibdin D.D.
first rector of this Church,
Vicar of Exning, Suffolk,
and Chaplain in Ordinary to their Majesties
King William the Fourth and
Queen Victoria
This Monument
is erected by his Friends
as a tribute of respect to his Learning,
His Literary Talents as an Author,
His Urbanity and Zeal
in discharge of his Ministerial Duties
during an Incumbancy of 24 years,
and to his firm Support of The Established Church.
He died Novr 18th, 1847,
In the 72nd year of his age"




London, Kensal Green
Source: Find A Grave

-acred To T-e -----y -f -he -evd Thomas Frognall Dibdin D.D. (remainder of the inscription mostly illegible)



London, Pentonville; St. James' Chapel

Source: Notes and Queries; 8th Series, Vol. VIII; 10 Aug 1895, page 111.
Notes and Queries is a journal for readers to ask and answer questions. First published in November 1849, it was described as "a medium of intercommunication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc."

The following was submitted by Daniel Hipwell, in answer to a question published in the July 20th edition of that year, regarding the death and burial of Anne Pitt (grandmother of Thomas John Dibdin and Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin)

The obituary notice in the Gentleman's Magazine, January, 1800, vol.lxx. part i., p.84, records that Mrs. Pitt, the grandmother of Charles Dibdin, jnr., was for upwards of forty years an actress at Covent Garden Theatre.
An inscription on the upright stone covering the family grave of Charles and Mary Dibdin in the now sadly neglected burial-ground of St. James's Chapel, Pentonville, furnishes the information that Mrs. Ann Pitt died Dec. 18, 1799, aged seventy-eight years. Other inscriptions on the same stone commemorate the above-named Charles Dibdin Esq., born Oct. 27, 1767, died Jan 14, 1833; Mary, his wife, died Aug. 20, 1816, in her thirty-fifth year; and Mrs. Harriet Dibdin, who died Dec. 10, 1814.
The undernamed children of Charles and Mary Dibdin lie interred in the same grave : John Bates, born March 23, 1798, died May 10, 1828; Charles Richard, born Dec. 20, 1800, died Dec. 5, 1820; Frances Holmes, born Jan. 27, 1804, died Feb. 25, 1805; Thomas Chatteris, born Aug. 16, 1809, died Nov. 8, 1813; and Edward Henry, a twin, who died Sept. 20, 1813, aged twelve days.




Lydney, Gloucs

Source: 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the County of Gloucester, printed from the original papers of the late Ralph Bigland Esq. Garter Principal King of Arms' (London 1791/2)

Ref. Volume 2 (1792): Lidney (Lydney); Inscriptions on Headstones, pg.165

Isabel Dibdon wife of William died 25 May 1720 (?1729) aged 71

Solomon Dibdon died 27 Mar 1753 aged 48



Plaitford, Wilts

Ella Jennet Dibden died 20 April 1931 aged 63



Salisbury, Wilts; London Rd Cemetery

Alice Mary Dibden died 12 Mar 1933 aged 65



Sherfield English, Hants - St. Leonards

In Loving Memory of Robert Dibden died 29 March 1945 aged 46



Southampton - Hill Lane Cemetery

CCm27 - In Loving Memory of Elizabeth Kate the beloved wife of Walter Frank Dibden who fell asleep May 10 1916 aged 39
Also Walter Frank beloved husband of the above who fell asleep 2 Mar 1917 aged 35

Ddi23 - In Loving Memory of William Henry Dibden died September 29 19—
Also of William Harry aged 16yrs. Killed by enemy action Jan 17 1918
Also of Emma Kate Dibden widow of W.H. Dibden fell asleep November 26 1948

Fb36 - William Phillips died 27 September 1858 aged 58
Also of Mary Ann wife of the above died 6 September 1872 aged 66
And of George Dibden her nephew died October 1855 aged 18 and was interred in Victoria Cemetery, London

Ggo10 - Little Maud foster child of W. & L. Dibden died 24 August 1884 aged 8mths
Alfred Pierce died 6 January 1928 aged 51
Louisa wife of WH Dibden died 14 November 1893 aged 47

MMf7 - Amy Jane Dibden died 20 Jun 1878 aged 21 yrs 11 mths
Also William James Dibden died 10 April 1883 aged 24yrs
Also William father of the above died 4 May 1884 aged 54yrs

PPi7 - In Loving Memory of Philip Henry Dawkins died January aged 69
Also of Jane Dibden died 23 December 1906 aged 78



Southampton, Shirley - St. James

Harriet Dibdin wife of William died 24 April 1890 aged 79yrs.
William Dibdin died 27 September 1892 aged 83 on headstone with daughter:
Charlotte Bailey died 27 April 1892 aged 59yrs.



Southampton, West End - St. James

Harry Dibden – stone erected by his wife Alice 24 March 1941



St Mary the Virgin, Saint Briavels
Source: Wishful Thinking's GENUKI pages for Gloucestershire

Edmund Dibdon, s/o Edmund & Ann Dibdon, of Hewelsfield. Died 13 July 1808 aged 18



Wellow, Hants. - St. Margarets Antioch

A.V. Dibden – War memorial

Elsie May Dibden died 18 December 1964 aged 68

Fanny Dibden died 3 October 1922 aged 69

Harry Dibden died 2 February 1933 aged 81
Susan Rosanna Dibden wife of the above died 6 February 1936 aged 77

James Dibden died 13 May 1926 aged 76 husband of Ruth

John Dibden 1891-1974 husband and father
Eva Dibden his wife 1895-1977

Louis Dibden died 1 January 1945 aged 89

Phyllis Mary Dibden died 20 June 1940 aged 7



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