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Another famous inhabitant
Sir John Ferne, author of "The Blazon of Gentrie", was born
at Temple Belwood. He was educated at Oxford and wrote the book in 1578 with it being
printed in 1586. After his death in 1610 he was buried in Belton Church.
In and around the
church
Members of several families associated with Temple Belwood and the
previous Belwood estate are buried or commemorated in and around Belton Church. There are
plaques, tablets, gravestones and tombs with names such as Sheffield, Johnson, Hilton,
Ryther, Vavasour, Steer, Popplewell and Ferne. When the twelfth century tomb of Richard de
Belwood was opened in the sixteenth century to inter Thomas Vavasour a lead coffin was
found, when opened a pair of slippers were still on Richard’s feet. A framed section
of ancient stained glass from Belwood Old Hall is on show in the church, it was given
to the church by J.W.D. Johnson. A clock was installed in the church tower in 1897 to
commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Mrs. Louisa Johnson of Temple Belwood
performed the opening ceremony on the 30th September of that year.
1881
CENSUS –
Temple
Belwood
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Name
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Relation
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Marital
Status
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Gender
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Age
|
Birthplace
|
Occupation
|
Disability
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John
W.D. JOHNSON
|
Head
|
M
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Male
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35
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Southampton
|
Magistrate
Landed Member Of P For Parts
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|
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Louisa
C. JOHNSON
|
Wife
|
M
|
Female
|
31
|
Scotland
|
Magistrate
Landed Member Of P For Parts Wife
|
|
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Allan
H. JOHNSON
|
Son
|
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Male
|
5
|
Sarre
,
Kent,
England
|
Magistrate
Landed Member Of P For Parts Son
|
|
|
Sophia
C. LOCK
|
Visitor
|
U
|
Female
|
33
|
East
Indies
|
Annuitant
|
|
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Arthur
G.D. HILTON
|
Visitor
|
U
|
Male
|
31
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Claredon,
Somerset, England
|
Farmer
|
|
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Cicely
H. JOHNSON
|
Dau
|
|
Female
|
1
|
Sarre,
Kent, England
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|
|
|
William
HARDING
|
Serv
|
U
|
Male
|
32
|
Enmore,
Somerset, England
|
Butler
Domestic
|
|
|
George
LAWRENCE
|
Serv
|
U
|
Male
|
20
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Sarre,
Kent, England
|
Footman
Domestic
|
|
|
Mariah
AINSLEY
|
Serv
|
U
|
Female
|
16
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Tickhill,
York, England
|
Kitchen maid
Domestic
|
|
|
Hannah
DODD
|
Serv
|
U
|
Female
|
37
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Acomb,
Northumberland, England
|
Cook
Domestic
|
|
|
Adelade
TERRY
|
Serv
|
W
|
Female
|
49
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Chislet,
Kent, England
|
Laundress
Domestic
|
|
|
Sarah
EVANS
|
Serv
|
U
|
Female
|
22
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Pont,
Montgomery, Wales
|
Laundress
Domestic
|
|
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Mary
E. PARKER
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Serv
|
U
|
Female
|
22
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Canterbury,
Kent, England
|
Nurse
Domestic
|
|
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Ellen
SOUTHWELL
|
Serv
|
U
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Female
|
33
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Atterby,
Lincoln, England
|
Housemaid
Domestic
|
|
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Alice
PEARSON
|
Serv
|
U
|
Female
|
18
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Wingfield,
Derby,
England
|
Housemaid
Domestic
|
|
|
George
MARSH
|
Serv
|
U
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Male
|
22
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Canterbury,
Kent, England
|
Groom
Domestic
|
|
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Samuel
PARKER
|
Serv
|
U
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Male
|
19
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Malden,
Essex, England
|
Groom
Domestic
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Further Reading.
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The M. S. in a Red Box.
First published in 1903 this historical, romantic novel
is set in the 17th Century in the Isle of Axholme, in and around places like
Temple Belwood and Crowle.
It was first published without credit to any author as the original
manuscript was left in a red box at a publisher un-signed. There have been several
reprints over the years and now it is thought the author to be the Rev. John
Arthur Hamilton and his name is now credited.
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