Churchyard Monuments & Inscriptions

A database of the churchyard gravestones and their inscriptions has been created by a previous vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Revd Clive Thrower. This includes an alphabetical listing of names, and – for each gravestone – the inscribed text (where readable) and a map of its location.

To access this information please go to Revd Thrower’s website.

Note that the above database includes only the graves in the churchyard itself that surrounds Holy Trinity Church. This churchyard is now closed for burials. In 1934, and again in 1964, cemetery plots adjacent to the Hall Orchard recreation ground were acquired by the Parish Council, and this is where local burials take place today.

There is an old Baptist graveyard approximately 3/4 mile north of the village on Ashford Lane. This was associated with an adjacent Baptist Chapel, built in 1761, that no longer exists. This graveyard was in use as late as 1904, and was the burial place for many of the village’s Dissenters. A history of the village’s three Dissenting chapels and the Baptist graveyard, and a transcription of the texts on the gravestones that remain legible, are provided in the book The Life and Times of Revd John Reddaway Luxmoore, which is available for purchase at the church bookstall or directly from the author.

The Derbyshire Record Office has a vast collection of original documents relating to this County; an extensive local studies collection; and many records relevant to the history of Holy Trinity Church and the village of Ashford-in-the-Water.