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Personal Details of William Newbury

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Buried:	13/12/1862

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	"On Southernmost headstone: Sacred / to the Memory of / Henry Thos. Newbery / who departed this life / October 9th.1858: / aged 64 years./He was Constable of Greenham / about 30 years and was much / respected / Also of Emma wife of / William Norris./ and sister of the above / who died April 10th. 1864:/ in the 64th year of her age/ There remaineth a rest for the /people of God./ Also of/ William Norris . / who died Augt. 13th 1866./ aged 67 years / Also of George Norris / youngest son of the above / born June 30th. 1828, died March 7th. 1903.// On Northernmost headstone: Sacred / to the Memory of? William Newbery. / who died/ suddenly in the Wesleyan/ Chapel Stockcross December 7th. 1862: / aged 70 years./ In the midst of life are we in death.// On footstone: H.T.N./1850/E.N./1864/W.N./1866/ ?n/1903//"

Name on Memorial	William NEWBERY
Date of death	07/12/1862
Age	70
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Twin headstone and Twin footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Double plot. Twin headstone and twin footstone (on opposite side of path). Engraved lettering but some letters weathered. Back of headstone badly pitted
Pattison Location Code	43A
Others named on memorial
Henry Thomas NEWBERY
Emma NORRIS
William NORRIS
George Norris

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	William Newbury
Date of burial	13/12/1862
Whence brought	Stockcross
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated - Family Vault
By whom buried	Rev'd. G. Savory
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 63

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

William Newbury

Source:	Reading Mercury
Article date:	13/12/1862
Copyright:	Reading Mercury
Transciption:	WILLIAM NEWBURY* … Another inquest was held before the same coroner (J. Alexander, Esq.), on Monday, the 8th inst., at the “Nag's Head," Gravel-hill, in the parish of Speen, touching the death of William Newbery (sic), aged 70 years, who died the evening previous, whilst attending chapel. —George Talbott, on being sworn, said that he had known deceased six years, and often accompanied him to Chapel at Stockcross; he did so the preceding evening. On the road, Newbury said he had a pain about the chest and heart during the morning, but it was all gone off. He appeared cheerful and well for an old man. The chapel service lasted about hour and a half; during this time he did not complain. The preacher then came down and shook hands with witness, and then with deceased, and while conversing with the preacher, Newbury fell down and died instantly. — Maria Gillam deposed that deceased had resided in the same house with her family since March last; during that time he had occasionally ailed, but kept about, and ate his meals with a good appetite. He had complained the day before of pain about his heart and chest, but he soon got better, and he left for chapel with the last witness in the evening, in very good spirits, and in his usual health. This witness on being asked if she knew his age, handed in what was supposed to be a certificate on this point. The coroner, on examining it, said: " Why this is a medical certificate by a medical man at Newbury, signed this morning, certifying that the deceased had died of apoplexy; and it appears that the last time he was seen the party certifying, was in October; “this," said the coroner, "looking at the place and circumstances of death, I find it my duty to say was a loose and reckless mode of certifying the cause of death: it was most objectionable. Had the Registrar acted on the virtue of such a certificate as this, I should probably have exhumed the body at a great expense to the ratepayers of the county." The jury, after some little discussion, returned verdict of " Sudden death from Natural Causes.” Reading Mercury - Saturday 13 December 1862 * Shown as “Newbery” in Mrs. P., but “Newbury” in Accounts Book (No. 1642). BDS 04/2020 ...
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