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| Hidden grave of Thomas Read Hull |
Received
1 February 2014
I
wonder if you can advise me as to whether there is a memorial in the churchyard
in Blackmore for my great Grandfather Thomas Reed Hull - who lived in Jericho
house around 1900?
With
many thanks
Charlie
Hull
Replied
3 February 2014
Hello Charlie
Thank you for your e mail. According to the parish burial register,
Thomas Read Hull of The ‘Priory’ Blackmore was buried on 4 February 1915, aged
69. Other Hull entries in the register are:
Alice Janet Hull, of 38 Florence Road,
Boscombe. Buried 28 June 1920, aged 44.
Alice Ellen Hull, “57 Drayton Gardens,
Kensington (late of Blackmore)”, Buried 17th Nov 1924, aged 77.
The whereabouts of their grave puzzled me.
By chance or coincidence, I was visiting the Essex Record Office today and knew
that it has in the archive a book of ‘Monumental Inscriptions for St Laurence,
Blackmore’ (ERO T/Z 151/109) produced by the Essex Family History Society. It
is dated 1997. There is another copy in the church safe which I saw about 10
years ago. It gives the location of
every grave and inscription to that date. Your great grandfather is buried in a grave in
a tight corner of the churchyard to the right of the public footpath which runs
through it. The graves are very overgrown.
I took a couple of photos before
nightfall, and attach them.
The inscriptions, which I could not see,
but were recorded by the EFHS as:
150 Kerb with corner post and large cross
lying flat.
East end: Thomas Read Hull / born December
16 1845 died January 31 1915
North side: also his wife Alice Ellen Hull
/ born June 27 1847, died November 12 1924 /
151 Kerb with large cross lying flat [tight
in the corner of the churchyard]
East end: Alice Janet Hull / born 26th
January 1876 died 23rd June 1920.
For notes which I took at the ERO ten years
ago, Mr J R Hull gave a strip of land 36 feet wide to the west of the public
footpath, setting aside a plot for himself by the entrance. This was in
1899. (ERO D/C/C50/2).
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| Photograph taken in Vicarage Garden celebrating the restoration of St Laurence Church, Blackmore |
His name also appears as Chairman of the
meeting held to elect and form a Parish Council on 4 December 1894. He did not
become a Parish Councillor. (ERO D/P 266/11)
The third picture is dated 9 June 1902
which must have a picture of your relatives on it – probably at the centre.
Please let me know if you recognise them.
I hope this is all useful. It has been
interesting to fill some gaps.
Regards
Andrew
Received 4 February 2014
Dear Andrew.
Thank you so very much for this.
I was delighted to receive this information - us armchair sleuths have a great
deal to be grateful for to people like yourself.
I have a memory of visiting The Priory
with my Father (Read Hull's grandson) - the house was then called Jericho and
my father was brought up there with his sister by his paternal uncle and aunt.
I don't remember finding the grave so your photos are indeed valuable to me.
I was aware of the splendid
photograph - but only recently - and my brother thought I bore a striking
resemblance to one of the maiden aunts. But that's brothers for you.
I intend to visit Blackmore soon
so I will go and pay my familial respects to Great Grandad.
With very many thanks for your
interest and time.
Charlie Hull
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