Cheshire Monumental Inscriptions

Each record contains the transcription of a gravestone or monument. The information available varies but you could find the following about your ancestor:

• Name

• Age

• Year of birth

• Year of death

• Place of burial

• Church

• Denomination

• Inscription on stone

• Names of immediate family

• Reference to stone location

These records contain details for 3747 gravestones and monuments from Hill Cliffe Baptist Chapel in Warrington gathered by volunteers from the Cheshire Family History Society.

Hill Cliffe Chapel is said to have one of the longest surviving protestant non-conformist congregations in Britain. The chapel dates to before the English Civil War and the local tradition is that Oliver Cromwell frequented the church around the time of the Battle of Warrington in 1651. Many American Baptist churches trace their history through this chapel.

Glossary of inscription abbreviations

A##W – Age in weeks

A##Y- Age in years

B – Born

BH – Beloved Husband

BWFO – Beloved wife of

D – Died

D - Daughter

DAU – Daughter

H – Husband

HBH – Her beloved husband

HBWF –His beloved wife

IARO – In affectionate remembrance of

ILMO – In loving memory of

IN/MO - In memory

LWFO = Loving wife of

M – Months (age)

MO – Memory of

OTA – Of the above

S – Son

STTMO – Sacred to the memory of

TMO – Treasured memories of

WD – Who died

WF – Wife

WFOTA – Wife of the above