Wimpole
Parish Church (Rebuilt Page)
A brief history of the building with some early photographs, descriptions
of the main monuments and a note on the rare set of 'hound sejant'
Communion Plate presented to the Church in 1679. |
Chicheley
Chapel (New Page!)
A history of the Chapel and descriptions of the main
religious monuments. Famous people buried at Wimpole include at least
two Lord Mayors of London, two Lord Chancellors, various Earls, Knights,
an Admiral, an Archdeacon, an Ambassador, the daughter of Rudyard
Kipling and Lady Savile who was the heroine of the siege of Sheffield
Castle during the English Civil War. |
Parish
Churchyard (Rebuilt
Page)
The churchyard register with an index to named graves, monumental
inscriptions, known unmarked graves and the church vault. Includes
a plan showing the location of known graves. |
Yorke
Monumental Inscriptions (New Page)
A page listing the inscriptions from the Memorials and Monuments to
the Yorke Family in St Andrew's Parish Church and the Chicheley Chapel.
This new page has the Monumental Inscriptions for Elizabeth Lygon
(wife of John), Philip Yorke (2nd Earl of
Hardwicke), Agneta Johnston
(second wife of Charles), Charles Philip Yorke and wife Harriet, and
Philip Yorke (3rd Earl of Hardwicke) and his
family. Additional inscriptions will be added in due course. |
The
Hardwicke (Yorke) Family Vault (Rebuilt
Page)
A general description of the vault which is located
under the Chicheley Chapel. The page includes a 1985 photograph and
a transcription of the nine coffin plates. |
Wimpole
Rectors 1591-1949 (Rebuilt
Page)
The names and details of the Rectors of Wimpole Parish
from 1591. |
Yorke
Family Tree (New Page!)
Bothered by those troublesome Yorkes? Don't know your Hardwickes from
your Philips? The answer is now at hand! A new reference page giving
basic biographical details of the principal members of the Yorke Family,
taking the lineage down through the five Earls of Hardwicke who owned
Wimpole from 1740 to 1894. Did you know our parish church has an admiral
whose flagship was "HMS Victory"? Or a general who was at
the Battle of Culloden and of whom it was later said by US President
John Adams "I have planted the American standard at the Hague. There
let it wave and fly in triumph over Sir Joseph Yorke and British pride." |
The
Yorkes - Deaths (New Page!)
A list of the 30 members of the Yorke Family who
are buried or interred at St Andrews Parish Church. Plus a contemporary
account of the "melancholy death" by drowning of Admiral
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, K.C.B., whilst sailing between Spithead and
Hamble. Other pieces on the general theme of Yorkes and Death includes
a recent report on a long forgotten monument in a Hampshire garden
that claims the third Earl's heart - literally! The monumental inscriptions
have now been moved to a new page. |
Church
Registers 1560-1863 (Rebuilt Pages)
The Wimpole Parish Registers - Christenings 1560-1863,
Marriages 1560-1863, Banns 1754-1863 and Burials 1560-1863. |
Early
Photographs (Wimpole Photograph Archive 1900-1960)
Includes an exterior view of the Church dated 1905,
an interior view of the Nave dated 1921, the Chicheley Chapel around
1925 and a view of the Rectory dated 1928. |
Wimpole
Parish Church (Benefice Web Site)
The Wimpole Church page on the site Benefice Site
run by the parish grouping of Orwell, Wimpole, Arrington, Croydon
and Barrington. |
