CFHS code : PL122
Parish : St Paul
Inscription : [west face of plinth]In Loving Memory of HENRY CAMPION APTHORPE d Jan 5 1921 age 56 “What doth the Lord require but to do Justly, [love mercy] walk humbly with thy God” ‘[north face of plinth] Also of his wife ANNA MARGARET died Dec 29th 1962 aged 89 years She lived a good and useful life performing many kindnesses and is remembered with affection by her children, grand children and many friends.’
Monument : Stone cross (base only)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This stone cross, in the parish of St Paul, is located on the south of the southern path opposite the Lodge.
Inscription
north face of plinth
‘Also of his wife Anna Margaret died Dec 29th 1962 aged 89 years
She lived a good and useful life performing many kindnesses
and is remembered with affection by her children, grand children and many friends.’
west face of plinth
In Loving Memory of Henry Campion Apthorpe died Jan 5 1921 age 56 years.
“What doth the Lord require
but to do Justly, [love mercy]
walk humbly with thy God” believed to be Micah 6.8
Henry (Harry) Campion Apthorpe (1863 – 5 January 1921)
Harry was the only son of William Henry Apthorpe (1834-1914) and Ellen (née Postans) (1838-1936). His father was a brewer/wine merchant who ran the Albion Brewery and he grew up at 33-34 Russell Street (1871) and 94 Hills Road (1891). Harry also worked as a brewer/wine merchant and married Maggie Symonds on 28 January 1897 in Thelveton, Norfolk. The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal printed a long account of the marriage and reported ‘the bride’s parents are well known over a large area and live in the enjoyment of the esteem of a wide circle of friends, who despite the bitter cold weather and difficulty travelling were present to witness the nuptials. Great interest in the affair was also taken by the parishioners, Mr Symonds being brought into contact with all the inhabitants and the bride by her courtesy and winsome manner having endeared herself to all who know her’. The four bridesmaids wore ‘white canvas dresses, trimmed with green lawn insertion, yellow satin ribbon and chiffon. Their hats were black and green with white satin, daffodils and steel ornaments. They carried shower bouquets of daffodils and wore gold bracelets, the gifts of the bridegroom’. Harry also gifted Maggie a pendant and chain. After the ceremony there was a reception ‘shortly after four o’clock the newly married couple departed, amidst the heartiest good wishes of their friends and a blinding shower of confetti for Diss Station and left by the 4.40 train for London en route for Brighton. The bride’s going away dress was of powder blue cloth, sables and white felt hat, trimmed with velvet and tips’. The newspaper listed many of the 200 wedding presents that the couple received, which included several sugar basins and sifters as well as hot water jugs, which were gifted by several of the guests (perhaps modern wedding lists do have their place after all!).
The couple lived at Claremont (1897), 1 Gonville Place (1901) and Trinity House, 288 Hills Road (at least 1911 onwards). Harry and Maggie had three children: Henry Guy (known as Guy)(1897-1961), Ellen Marjorie (1899-1984) and Reginald George (known as Reggie) (1903-1996). He was documented as a retired brewer in 1901, but later became a Director of the Saxon and Norman Portland Cement Company and the Atlas Stone Company. The company started in 1902 producing 500 tonnes a week, but by 1908 they were producing 2,000 tonnes a week, employing 400 men and paying wages of £33,000 a year.
In his spare time Harry was an artist and exhibited at several art exhibitions. Examples of his work can be seen here. He died at home and his funeral took place on 8 January 1921 at St. John’s Church, Hills Road. The grave was lined with ivy and white flowers.
Anna Margaret (Maggie) Apthorpe (née Symonds) (3 March 1873 – 29 December 1962)
Maggie was born in Thelveton, near Diss in Norfolk and was baptised there on 5 March 1873. She was the second daughter of George and Lucy Symonds, and grew up at the Manor House, Thelveton where her father farmed a large estate. In 1939 she was still living at Trinity House with a couple of servants and three cement manufacturer’s clerks as lodgers, suggesting she maintained a business interest in the Cement works. She later moved to 115 Glebe Road (after 1950), and died in Diss aged 89 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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