Inscriptions of just a few of the many headstones
Area letters are provided for ease of transcribing and cannot be found within the churchyard.
Also see: St. Giles' Monumental Masons

Area A

A21 [The 4th row up and 9th grave from left.] IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER / GLADYS GWENDOLENE / TOMLINSON / DIED 27TH NOV 1975/ AGED 58 YEARS / ALSO A DEAR HUSBAND & FATHER / JOHN / REUNITED 10TH AUG. 1998 / AGED 84 YEARS (Brian Tomlinson)

A112 IN LOVING / MEMORY OF / A DEAR MOTHER / LUCY STATHAM / DIED 4TH FEB 1963 / AGED 82 YEARS / AT REST (Kellie Channing) (This headstone is lying on the ground although it was almost certainly upright when it was first erected.)

A133 IN LOVING MEMORY OF / PHILIP TOWE / DIED 7TH JULY 1967 / AGED 51 YEARS / (Jane Thomas)

A134 (a wider headstone, open book design) LHS: IN / MEMORY OF / ALICE RUBY / MORLEY / DIED 10TH AUGUST / 1967 / AGED 59 YEARS. RHS: ALSO/ DONALD GORDON / MOORE / BELOVED HUSBAND / OF OLGA / AND FATHER / OF MERRIELLIE / AND PAUL / DIED 5TH FEBRUARY / 1964 / AGED 56? YEARS (Jane Thomas)

A135 IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HERBERT DUGGINS. / DIED 21ST. SEPT. 1967, / AGED 58 YEARS. / AND / LUCY ELIZABETH / WILSON / DIED 8TH OCT., 1989. AGED 75 YEARS. (Jane Thomas)

A136 (a double commemoration on the kerb) IN LOVING HILDA BRAILSFORD --- 9th 1967 AGED 64 years | | | MEMORY OF A DEAR SISTER BLANCHE BRAILSFORD WHO DIED MAY 7TH 1973 (Jane Thomas) [This kerb is not easy to read]

A137 CHARLES EDWARD FARMER (Jane Thomas)

A138 IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / A DEAR MOTHER / GERTRUDE ASHMORE / DIED 15TH DEC. 1967 / AGED 74 YEARS / "ABIDE WITH ME". [Attached to the lower right corner at ground level is ...] ASHMORE JAMES 22.12.2008 AGED 89 / OLWYN / 5.2.1993 AGED 69 / TOGETHER FOREVER IN GOD'S LOVING CARE (Jane Thomas)

A139 IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A BELOVED MOTHER / LILIAN ALICE ANDREWS / WHO DIED 1ST JANUARY 1968 / AGED 74 YEARS (Jane Thomas) Also see the War Memorials section and the information about Harry Andrews

A140 JOHN WATTS POTTER D.S.O. SEPTEMBER 16TH 1896 JANUARY 2ND 1968 (Jane Thomas)

Area B

B15 Elizabeth / Wife of John Kay / Of Lilybank Hydro / Died 15th May 1954. Aged 76 years / Also - John Kay, who died / October 23rd 1954. Aged 74 years / "And in death they were not long divided"

B47 IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF / SARAH ANN / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / JOHN W. BRADBURY / DIED AUGUST 2ND, 1950. AGED 78 YEARS.

Area C

C3 In Loving Memory Of / Margery Ann / Beloved Wife Of Ralph Wherrett, / Died November 17th 1950. Aged 66 Years. Also Of the Above / Ralph Wherrett / Died June 18th 1959, / Aged 71 Years. Also Of Their Son / Flying Officer Ralph Norman Roy Wherrett / Killed In Action January 23rd 1943. (See Roy amongst the WW2 casualties on Matlock's War Memorial)

C39 [10th Row up and 3rd from left] In Loving Memory of / JANE BEATRICE TOMLINSON / DIED 30TH JUNE 1940. / AGED 78 YEARS. / AT REST. (Brian Tomlinson) (See her house in the Vernon Lamb Archive)

C63 In Loving Memory of / MY DEAR WIFE / CLARA EMMA FERN / WHO DIED JUNE 16TH 1933. / AGED 63 YEARS. / HER FAINT LAST WISH WE SHOULD LOVED TO HAVE HEARD,/ AND BREATHED IN HER EAR ONE FOND LOVING WORD./ ALSO OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND / CHARLES EDWARD FERN / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 1ST 1934. / AGED 63 YEARS. / PEACEFULLY SLEEPING, RESTING AT LAST./ EARTH'S WEARY TRIALS AND TROUBLES ARE PAST.

C68 In Loving Memory / OF / DOROTHY FERN, / DIED APRIL 9TH 1931. / AGED 26 YEARS. / THE TIME WAS SHORT, THE SHOCK SEVERE, / TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR./ ALSO / THOMAS GEORGE FERN. / DIED OF WOUNDS, RECEIVED AT DARDENELLES. / AUGUST 10TH 1915. AGED 18 YEARS. (See Thomas amongst the WW1 casualties on Names on Matlock War Memorial (as Fearn) and Starkholmes War Memorial)

C92 In Loving Memory | of | JEANNIE | BELOVED WIFE | OF JAMES ERNEST HADFIELD (incomplete)

C102 IN EVER LOVING MEMORY | OF MY DEAR HUSBAND | JAMES CARNELL | AT REST MARCH 9 1925 | AGED 57 YEARS ... ELIZABETH ANN CARNELL (incomplete)

C107 IN | Ever Loving Memory | OF A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER. | ANNE BEDDINGTON, WHO DIED JULY 28TH 1924 | AGED 72 YEARS | ALSO OF EDWARD BEDDINGTON | DIED APRIL 22ND 1930 | AGED 80 YEARS.

C117 In Loving Remembrance of John William Wildgoose The Dearly Beloved Husband of Sarah Wildgoose of "Holmebank" Matlock, who entered into rest April 28th 1923, Aged 61 Years Also Ernest Henry Wildgoose 2nd Lieut. R.E. son of the above, who fell in action at Le Vergieur March 22nd 1918, Believed buried at Vendelles, France, Aged 24 Years. Also of the above Sarah Wildgoose, At Rest March 21st 1934, Aged 68 Years. [This is one of the largest memorials at St Giles' and is one of a number of headstones suggesting where a war casualty is buried, although they have "no known grave".] Also see the War Memorials section and the information about Ernest Henry Wildgoose.

Area D

D21 IN LOVING MEMORY OF FREDERICK GOODLAD (remainder is buried)

D22 IN LOVING MEMORY | OF | JANE CLAY | BELOVED WIFE OF WILLIAM CLAY | WHO DIED MARCH 17TH 1920 | AGED 61 YEARS. | ALSO OF | JOHN | SON OF THE ABOVE | WHO DIED OF HIS WOUNDS APRIL 13TH 1917 | AND WAS BURIED AT ETAPLES AGED 27 YEARS. | ALSO OF | JOHN VERNON TOWNSEND | SON-IN-LAW OF THE ABOVE | KILLED IN ACTION AT ST QUENTIN SEPT 24TH 1918 | AGED 34 YEARS. (Marble Slab) [Another transcript has given Jane as Jane Hatton Clay, but the name Hatton was her maiden name and does not appear on her gravestone - see right] Also see the War Memorials section and the information about John Clay.

D31 IN LOVING MEMORY OF | JAMES ALLWOOD | DIED JULY 29TH 1920 | AGED 65 YEARS | ALSO MARY ANN | HIS WIFE | DIED DEC 31ST 1938 | AGED 77 YEARS | at rest

D32 IN LOVING MEMORY | OF | JOHN ALBERT YOUNG | BORN NOV. 21ST 1877 | DIED AUGUST 6TH 1920. | ALSO OF SARAH ANN HIS WIFE | BORN AUGUST 4TH 1878 | DIED DECEMBER 3RD 1950 | AT REST