Malvern Family History Society
Page last updated July 2010
Mathon Parish
St John the Baptist
The Parish Church of Mathon dedicated to St John the Baptist is in the Hundred of Radlow and was in the Deanery of Worcester until the Parish was transferred from Worcester to the Deanery Hereford in 1897 and from the Dioceses of Worcester to the Diocese of Hereford in 1906. A record of the church furnishings which includes the memorial inscriptions inside the church was prepared by the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies in 1995 and is available at the Herefordshire Record Office. (ref:- BL/41)
In all 349 inscriptions have been recorded. 49 inside the Church and 300 in the Church Yard.
The following descriptions are used throughout.
Type of monument
D in front of a description indicates a double grave.
A = Altar tomb B = Open Book FS = Floor Stone C = Coffin Stone
H = Headstone K = Kerbstone X = Cross L = Ledger Stone O = Obelisk
CX = Celtic Cross F = Foot Stone P = Pedestal T = Table tomb W = Window WT = Wall Tablet
Condition of Monument
IS = In situ D = Displaced FD = Face down S = Sound E = Leaning
FA = Falling apart L = Laid flat(face up) N = Flaking FG = Front gone
Condition of Inscription
M = Mint CW = Clear but worn MD = Mainly decipherable J = Traces
LL = Lead lettering D = Destroyed I = Illegible
Material
LS = Local Sandstone G = Granite MA = Marble R = Brass
Q = Portland stone U = Other ?? = no material listed
These descriptions may be followed by a note of a symbolic feature or decoration found on the memorial.
We have indexed the surnames that we found on the MI's. To search the index click indexes
There are location charts to enable you to find the MI's. To view them click charts
To view the transcriptions of the Mathon MI's click MI's