Work on the memorial inscriptions for Upton by Chester Holy Ascension was carried out by Hartley Jones, a member of the Family History Society of Cheshire, and a team of transcribers around 1981. His notes and churchyard diagrams however were not typed up and were amongst the folders belonging to Tarporley Group handed in when that Group closed. On closer inspection it seems there is a named grave plan for the whole of the churchyard done by Hartley Jones but only the older part of the graveyard was transcribed. It was felt that this work, done around 1981, should be published.
Most of the graveyard plans were done on the backs of previously used paper and scanning was an issue as the back type showed through. Consequently, the quality of exposure varies. As there was no overall graveyard plan showing the church and actual positions of the grave sections I have just named them in relation to north, south and west. The inscriptions all relate to the south section of the graveyard. There were no graveyard numbers just row numbers. I have copied these as they were transcribed. The memorials inside the church are also included.
It is now nearly 40 years since these grave plans and transcriptions were done and some of these graves may no longer be visible; some may have been removed, broken, sunk into the ground, or have eroded. This transcription could, therefore, be of great value in confirming family information and links to other family members.
Joan Irving April 2021
Grave plans – Hartley Jones
Transcribers – Clare Holton, Susan Walker-Smith, David Ranby, Elizabeth Ranby, Marietta Olderik,
Andrew Burnett, Stephen Wild, Stephen Roberts, Andrew Bramham, Edward Wallis.