CFHS code : AL539
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Memory of PHILLIS LONG d February 6 1868 in the 90th year of her age relict of JAMES LONG who lies interred at St Giles Cambridge FRANCES MARY the wife of AUSTIN LONG b July 10 1800 died at Stockport July 21 1871
Monument : Ground slab
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This large ledger lies on the west wall in the north of the cemetery in the parish of Andrew the Less in line with the gate to Gwydir St on the east wall. It once had railings round it. The carved inscriptions are very clear but this area is often overgrown with ivy and bramble.
Inscription
In Memory of PHILLIS LONG
Who departed they life February 6. 1868 in the 90th year of her age Relict of JAMES LONG who lies interred at St Giles Cambridge
In my Fathers house are many mansions
FRANCES MARY the wife of AUSTIN LONG born July 10. 1800.
Died at Stockport July 21 1871
Relationship: Mother and daughter in law
Phillis Long (née Howe) (1778 – 6 February 1868)
Phillis was born in the village of Bedworth, between Diss and Bury St. Edmunds and was baptised there on 14 February 1778. She was the daughter of Thomas and Phillis and married James Long on 27 March 1799 in Palgrave, Suffolk. The couple had at least six children: George (1801-), James (1803-) Austin (1804-1883), Harriet (1806-1826), Thomas (1809-) and William (1812-), all of whom were born in Diss. It is not known when she was widowed, but daughter Harriet died in Cambridge in 1826 and was buried at St. Giles’ Church. In 1851 Phillis was lodging at 2 Prospect Row with widow Susan Mortlock and was described as an annuitant. She was still living at Prospect Row in 1861, but by then was documented as being a ‘landed proprietor’. She died at Prospect Row aged 89 years old and is thought to have been buried with her daughter Harriet.
Frances Mary Long (née Laws) (10 July 1800 – 21 July 1871)
Frances was born in Gosport, and baptised at Holy Trinity, Gosport on 6 August 1800. She was the daughter of John and Sally Laws and married Austin Long on 12 April 1826 in Titchfield, Southampton. Austin was a butler, and the couple frequently lived apart due to his work. They had at least four children: Harriet (1827-1892), Frances Jane Mary (1828-), George (1830-) and Austin (1844-1887). In 1841 Austin was working for the Turnor family at the newly built Stoke Hall, near Grantham, before moving to work for the same family in Leamington Priors (1851). Whilst Austin was resident at the house, Frances and the children were living at 7 Sydney Terrace in nearby Milverton assisted by domestic servant Esther Butler. Austin was still working for the Turnor family in 1861, and was living in Newton House, Folkingham, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Philip Broke Turnor and his wife Selina had a six year old son, and as well as employing Austin as butler they had a housekeeper, ladies maid, laundry maid, nurse, housemaid, two kitchenmaids, groom, footman and two gardeners. Austin had retired by 1871 and he and Frances were living at Brickcroft Lane, Stockport where he was described as a retired clerk to a brickmaker (no mention of having been a butler). Frances died at Brickcroft Lane and was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 26 July 1871, despite having never lived in Cambridge.
Austin Long went to live with son Austin in Flamstead, Hertfordshire where Austin (jnr) ran a pub (1881) and died there in 1883. The grave register shows he was not buried with his wife and mother.
Sources:
Ancestry
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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