The church was established in the Saxon era, and its early history is outlined in Historic Sandridge [4].
All inscriptions below were recorded in 1989 and are taken from the book "Sandridge Monumental Inscriptions" at HALS [7].
[3]The location of the tomb can be seen in this picture of St. Leonards' Church [13]. You will have to look carefully as it is very small on this picture - look below the tree and above the path on the far left-hand edge!
This is inscribed…
Adjoining to this side of the Tomb
lies the Remains of
Mr. RICHARD THRALE [15]
late of the Pound Farm Sandridge
& Husband of the above MARY THRALE [16]
who Died Aug:.19th.1755 Aged 66 Years
[17]
The end plaque is inscribed…
The Opening
of the Vault
his 3 Foot 6 Inch
from the End
of the Tomb.
St Leonards Church, Streatham [21], was the church attended by descendants of Ralph Thrale [22] during the time that they lived at Streatham Park [23]. The Thrale family vault was under the south aisle of the church and the covering slab is still there. However, the family remains were removed to the new catacomb at the time of the rebuilding of the church in 1831-2. The remains are still there and were respectfully filmed by the BBC [24] in 2001.
Ralph Thrale the elder, Mrs. Salusbury, Henry Thrale [26], Henry junior [27], Sophia [28], and Cecilia [29] were all buried in the family vault1 , besides Frances [30], Penelope [31], Anna Maria [32], Lucy Elizabeth [33], Frances Anna [34], and Henrietta Sophia [35], who all died in early childhood and who have no monuments.
Susannah Thrale [36] is buried in the churchyard, where her nephew Thomas Arthur Bertie Mostyn, Cecilia’s son, who raised the monument to her, is also buried.
Also at St Leonards Church are mourning tablets to…
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