CFHS code: AG292
Parish : St Andrew the Great
Inscription : In Affectionate Remembrance of / TOM HALL / who died on Friday June 14 1876 or 1878 aged 46 / In Loving Memory of / ANN HALL / wife of TOM HALL / d July 16 1902 / In Affectionate Remembrance of / HARRY THOMAS the only dearly beloved child / of TOM & ANN HALL / d Dec 11 1866 aged 7 years and [3] months
Monument : Column
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203094, 0.13642626 – click here for location
Monument
A tall stone tomb consisting of a stepped pedestal on a low plinth, with a tapering shaft topped by a garlanded urn. On the front panel is a relief of an angel carrying an infant, based on ‘Night with her Children’, by Danish neo-classical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768-1844). Harry’s inscription is on the front block beneath the angel.
It is hidden near the west wall of the cemetery in in the parish of Andrew the Great, shaded by a huge horsechestnut tree. Harry was the only child of Tom and Ann Hall, and died at the age of seven. His grieving parents erected the monument in 1866 and were later buried there too.
Inscription
‘In affectionate remembrance of
Harry Thomas the only dearly beloved child
of Tom and Ann Hall
Died Dec 11 1866 aged 7 years and [3] months’
‘In affectionate remembrance of Tom Hall
who died on Friday June 14 1878 aged 46’
‘In loving memory of Ann Hall wife of Tom Hall
d July 16 1902’
Tom Hall (4 May 1832 – 14 June 1878)
Tom was the second son of Thomas (1796-1858) and Elizabeth (née Harman) Hall. His father owned livery stable on Bridge Street, where he grew up with his elder brother Henry ‘Harry’ Thomas Hall (1823-1894). He was baptised at St Clement’s Church on 1st September 1833. In 1851 he was still living at home and working as an apprentice tailor.
His father died in 1858 when Tom was 26 years old. He married Ann Hall in Whaddon, near Royston on 4 November 1858. In 1861 he was living with Ann at 27 Clarendon Street, and his occupation was described as ‘retired livery stable keeper’. From his brother’s obituary it is know that Harry Hall also retired from work after his father’s death and subseqently lead an indulgent life ‘aquiring many works of art and a good library’, acting as a local Councillor and spending time on his hobby of amateur dramatics. It is thought Tom also inherited a great deal of money from his father.
In April 1877 Tom presented ‘7 volumes of the Illustrated Times’ to the Cambridge Police Library. He died at home aged 46 years old after a ‘short but painful illness borne with great fortitude’. He was said to be greatly respected by all who knew him.
Tom owned land in Impington, which subseqently passed to his estate and was sold in October 1902. It consisted of a ‘small freehold farm homestead’ with 14 acres of ‘productive arable land’ with a further five plots of building land, each of about one acre, plus a nine acre orchard on Clay Pit Lane.
Ann Hall [nee Hall] (c.1828 – 16 July 1902)
Ann was born in Whaddon and married Tom Hall when she was around 30 years old. After she was widowed in 1878 she continued to live at 27 Clarendon Street, with a niece and servant (1901). She died aged 74 years old.
The Cambridge Independent Press reported her funeral: ‘The funeral of an old inhabitant of Cambridge [Mrs Ann Hall, widow of the late Mr. Tom Hall] who had been a resident at 27 Clarendon Street nearly fifty years, took place on Monday July 21st. The body was interred in the family vault, Mill Road Cemetery, many friends being present, showing their sincere love and sympathy.’
Harry Thomas Hall (1859 – 11 December 1866)
Harry was the only son of Tom and Ann Hall. He grew up at 27 Clarendon Street, and died at home aged 7 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen