CFHS code: AG398
Parish: St Andrew the Great
Lat Lon : 52.202829, 0.13718917 – click here for location
Monument
Fallen headstone, located in the second row north of the east west path that bisects the parish, at the east end. Row 20 Plot 27
Due to the badly eroded stone this monument was not fully identified by the CFHS in their survey of 2000.
We have used the CFHS transcripts of the grave register and burial records to create this post.
Inscription
This is all that was recorded of the original inscription and now that the headstone has fallen face down nothing can be seen.
In Affectionate Remembrance of
Lines illegible [Thomas]
The only child of Thomas Brand and Frances Kingsnorth
Relationship: Husband, wife and three sons
The grave register records three members of the Kingsnorth family by name: baby Thomas, his mother Frances and younger brother Frank but adds that a further two bodies are buried in this grave. The parish burial register records Thomas Brand and William as being buried in this parish we have assumed them to be buried here but have no proof.
Thomas Kingsnorth (1857- 1859)
Thomas was the third child of Thomas Brand and Frances Kingsnorth. He died suddenly on January 16th, at the age of 16 months, and was buried the same day. At the time of his death he was the only son.
Thomas & Ann Kingsworth – parents of Thomas Brand – are buried in the parish of St Clements but no monument has been found.
William Kingsnorth (c 1867 – 1887)
William was the ninth child of Thomas Brand and Frances Kingsnorth. He died at the family home in Melbourne Place and was buried on June 15th aged 20.
Thomas Brand Kingsnorth (1830 – 1892)
Thomas was the son of Thomas and Ann Kingsnorth. Thomas snr was a cook and Thomas Brand also became a cook, working at Emmanuel College (1850s) and afterwards at Downing College.
Thomas married Frances Cox on December 26th 1853 .They had at least eleven children: Fanny Ann (1854), Caroline (1856), Thomas (1857 – 1859), Louise (1859), Frank (1860), Harry Thomas (1862), Frederick (1864), Alice (1865), William [Gurford or George] (1867), Charles Brand (1869) and Arthur Gurford (1870),
The children were brought up at 5 Victoria Street and 5 Melbourne Place
Thomas died at 5 Melbourne Place and was buried on June 13th, aged 62.
Frances Kingsnorth (1831 – 1908)
Frances was the daughter of George and Frances Cox. George was described as a gent on her marriage record but when she was born he was running an Inn at Slaughterhouse Lane. She died at 20 James Street and was buried on October 7th aged 77.
Frank Kingsworth (c 1860 – 25/12/1919)
Frank was the 5th child of Thomas & Frances. In 1871 he was attending the Higher Grade School in Paradise St with his younger brother Harry. Frank became a college cook. At the age of 30 he married Florence Harriet Parrish on June 23rd 1891 in Great Abington. They had a son Cyril Frank born in 1893.In 1901 they were living at 168 East Road. In 1911 they were living at 60 Tenison Road . Florence’s parents were also with them on the day of the census.
Frank died on December 25th at his home in Mawson Rd. and was buried on the 27th. He was 59. His death was announced in the paper on January 2nd.
Sources:
CFHS Transcripts of parish and census records
Freebmd
British Newspaper Archive
by Mary Naylor