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(Plot G) The following are extracts from a 1947 graveyard plan prepared by ATE Randall, Sacristan.
No 57 Edmund Grove died 1708 Esther Grove died l731
No 58 Edmund Grove born 1687 died 16th April 1761 and his wife Sarah born l692 died 17th April 1761.
No 60 John Grove died 1848 (not on family tree)
No 61 Elizabeth Grove 1870 George Grove 1875 (third son of Yeoman Grove)
No 62 Mary Grove l874 (daughter of Yeoman Grove)
No 79 Elizabeth Jane died 1802 (daughter of Thomas Grove and granddaughter of Yeoman Grove)
No 80 Grace Grove died l779 (wife of Yeoman Grove)
No 81 George Grove died 1843 Elizabeth Grove l844 (third son of Yeoman Grove)
No 82 Edmund Yeoman Grove born l729 died l824
No 83 Elizabeth Grove died l838 (wife of John Grove died 1868)
No 84 John Grove died l868 (fifth son of Yeoman Grove)
No 85 Thomas Blades Grove died l897 (son of Thomas Grove and grandson of Yeoman Grove)
When the new burial ground to the west of the Vicarage Garden path was given to the Church by Walter Morris Grove in the early years of the 20th century, a small piece was reserved for the burial of the Grove family.
Plot H (in south west corner of churchyard reserved for burial of Grove family).
These Groves are not on the family tree in this website.
No 1 Edith Mary Grove died l913 (wife of Julius Charles Grove), William Grove Eckersley died 1931 (grandson of Julius Charles Grove), Julius Charles Grove died 1935 (Sir George Grove's second son)
No 2 Walter Morris Grove died l931 (Sir George Grove's first son)
No 3 Unknown Grove
Inside the church, there is a Grove grave in the right hand aisle (now covered by carpet) which reads: "here lieth the Body of Jonathan Grove of this Parish who died November 9th 1731. Aged 87 years and 7 months."
Wall plaques commemorating Eleanor Grove and Edmund Grove l890-1940.
Eleanor Grove who was born in 1827 was the youngest sister of Sir George Grove. She did pioneering work to further the education of women in the l9th century, and was very involved in the foundation and work of Bedford College for Women in London, now part of London University.
Henley and Badgemore Cemetery on the Fairmile (the B480) at Henley-on-Thames towards Stonor, in Grave 38 Section 9 - looking from the chapel the grave is in front on the right.
Plot was bought by George Dodd Grove of Fawley on 13th October, 1911 for £8.10s.
This grave also contains:
Isabella Grove 10/9/21 aged 85
b 17.3.1837 Spinster, daughter of John Grove and Emma Elizabeth Jinks
and sister of George Dodd Grove
George Dodd Grove 16/4/32 aged 87
b l8th August l845
Anne Agnes (Mary) Grove 22/12/1908 aged 61 (on family tree as Mary Anne Agnes)
Wife of George Dodd Grove
b 20.7.1847 nee Jinks
John Edmund Grove 5/4/27 aged 85
b 9.3.1842 brother of George Dodd Grove
Married l876 Lucy Butt, sister of John Butt, Bishop of Southwark
George Joseph Grove 10/3/62 aged 72.
b 6.9.1889 son of George Dodd and Anne Agnes Grove of Fawley Bottom Farm.
There are several Grove graves in Pishill Church graveyard (on the right and left hand side of the path near the wall). The inscriptions are old and difficult to decipher.
Ladywell Cemetery, Lewisham/Sydenham.
Enquiries - Lewisham Town Hall, Catford Road, SE6
Plot D 285 - Grave purchased by Lady Harriet Grove (Wife of Sir George Grove)
Sir George Grove was the son of Thomas Grove, second son of Edmund (Yeoman) Grove.
First interment - 31.5.l900
Sir George Grove, Bart Aged 79 years
208 Sydenham Road
Sydenham SE26
Second interment - 4.4.1914
Lady Harriet Grove Aged 87 years Stone - Cross and Curbs
Lower Sydenham House
Sydenham Road
Plot D 1106
Grave purchased 1863 by Sir George Grove
One interment - l8.6.1863
Lucy Penrose Grove Aged 10 years
(daughter of Sir George and Lady Grove) Headstone
Lower Sydenham
There is a commemorative plaque on the wall of the house where Sir George lived. It was erected by the London Borough of Lewisham. It reads:
Sir George Grove 1820 -1900
208 Sydenham Road
London SE26
Grove was a civil engineer, specialising in lighthouses, until his appointment as first Secretary of the Crystal Palace Company at Sydenham led him into a new career. His duties included writing the programme notes for the Saturday concerts and he soon became an international expert on music. The great Dictionary of Music and Musicians which he founded is still flourishing in its sixth edition.
Acton Cemetery, London W3
Grave No 39 AB
Grace Mary (Grove) Batty (2nd interment)
born 23.5.1878 Audubon, Iowa, USA,
died 20.6.1941, Penge, London.
Her husband Thomas Henry Batty (3rd interment)
born 11.12.1871 Henley, Oxon,
died 24.4.1959, Penge, London.
Maurice Bernard Batty (1st interment)
born 12.7.1915
died Feb 1917 of meningitis.
Notes:
Directions to Henley and Badgemore Cemetery - from Henley, cemetery is on left just past the turning on right signposted to Stonor.
Researched by Ann and Sidney Gomar with cousin Jane Smith (on holiday from Australia) October 2001. Visited Henley and Fawley Bottom. Jane remembered attending Great Uncle George Joseph Grove's funeral when aged 16 before she emigrated to Australia.
Directions to Pishill Church - go past Stonor and turn left up track marked to Pishill Church. The existence of the graves in Pishill Churchyard was recalled by Rita Cressy (daughter of Grace Mary Batty nee Grove) aged 88 in her nursing home in Sevenoaks, and discovered by Peter Trotter and his daughter Penny, with Ann and Sidney Gomar. Peter and Penny were on holiday from Tasmania in 2001. Also visited Fawley Bottom and Penn.