Memorial to Richard Gresswell
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Memorial to Richard Gresswell
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 8 Sep 2016
On the south wall of the nave is a memorial to Richard Gresswell: IN MEMORY OF THE REVEREND RICHARD GRESWELL, BD. FELLOW OF WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD. WHO FELL ASLEEP AT OXFORD ON HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY, FRIDAY JULY 22ND 1881 THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE RECTOR AND WARDENS OF DENTON OLD CHURCH, IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF MANY SERVICES RENDERED TO THIS PARISH AND VILLAGE GENERALLY. CHIEFLY THROUGH HIS INSTRUMENTALITY, THE RECTORY HOUSE AND NATIONAL SCHOOLS WERE BUILT AND THIS CHURCH REPAIRED, AND ITS ENLARGEMENT IN 1871 HE COTRIBUTED LIBERALLY. BORN IN DENTON JULY 22ND 1800, AND EDUCATED BY HIS FATHER,FOR 63 YEARS THE CLERGYMAN OF THIS CHURCH,HE WENT TO OXFORD AND ATTAINED A DOUBLE FIRST CLASS, AND A FELLOWSHIP AT WORCESTER COLLEGE,AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS OF WHAT MAY BE ACHIEVED, BY DILIGENCE AND INDUSTRY, CHARLES JAMES BOWEN, M.A. RECTOR JOHN BENTLEY WARDENS, JOHN TAYLOR JOSEPH HORSFIELD SIDESMEN PETER ROTHWELL 1881.
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Image Location
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53.452156
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