Updated February 2009
Headstone 1.
HANNAH COLLETT died on 4th October 1713 (Ref. 14I7)
This very old gravestone was leaning
against cemetery wall around 2000 and was very difficult to decipher
Headstone 2.
Sacred
to the Memory of
THOMAS COLLETT HANKS (Ref.
14L16)
Son
of Thomas and Ann Hanks (nee Collett)
of
Little Rissington
who
died January 30th 1838
aged
22 years
Also
of
SARAH HANKS
their
second daughter
who
died April 17th 1866
aged
55 years
Loving
Memory of 2 children of
Thomas
and Ann who died in infancy
Headstone 3.
In Loving Memory of
THOMAS
COLLETT (Ref.
14L11)
who died January 9th 1818
aged 44 years
Also of
ANN
COLLETT (Ref.
14L11)
his wife
who died April ? 1849
aged 74 years
Also of
MARTHA
COLLETT (Ref.
14M23)
their daughter
who died December 7th 1810
aged 8 years
Headstone 4.
THOMAS
COLLETT (Ref.
14M24)
who died October 4th 1869
aged 64 years
He delighted in mercy
Also
MARY
BEAL (Ref. 14M24)
relic of the above
who died July 13th 1888
aged 84 years
Headstone 5.
To the Memory of
ROBERT
COLLETT (Ref.
14M27)
son of Thomas and Ann Collett
who died May 9th 1832
aged 19 years
also
EMMA
COLLETT (Ref.
14M28) his sister
who died February 24th 1834
aged 18 years
Headstone 6.
MARY
ELIZABETH (Ref. 14N25)
daughter of Thomas and Mary
who died January 19th 1834
aged 10 months
Headstone 7.
In Loving Memory of
JOHN
COLLETT (Ref. 14N26)
son of Thomas and Mary
born October 17th 1835
died at Dorking October 12th
1919
God is our refuge
Also his wife
CECILIA
HELEN COLLETT (Ref. 14N26)
born May 2nd 1842
died April 9th 1923
Also their daughter
CECILIA
DORA RANSFORD COLLETT (Ref. 14O52)
born November 27th 1876
died January 26th 1964
Headstone 8.
Sacred to
the Memory of
ANN ELIZABETH (Ref. 14N27)
eldest
daughter of Thomas and Mary Collett
who died
April 26th 1867
aged 30
years
Thy will be
done
Also of
EMILY (Ref. 14N29)
their second
daughter
who died
February 6th 1866
aged 26
years
Looking into
Jesus
Also of
ESTHER RANSFORD (Ref. 14N32)
their youngest
daughter
who died in
infancy
in 1846
aged 2 years
Headstone 9.
In Loving Memory of
MARY
HENRIETTA COLLETT (Ref. 14N30)
third daughter of Thomas
and Mary Collett
born April 14th
1841
died on 8th
May 1884
aged 43 years
Shall be satisfied when
awaked with thy likeness
Headstone 10.
SUSAN
BEAL COLLETT (Ref. 14N31)
4th December 1842 – 31st
March 1928
And
AUBREY
RANSFORD COLLETT (Ref. 14O54)
21st May 1880 – 8th
February 1936
Headstone 11.
In the Memory of
JOHN
COLLETT (Ref.
33N6)
who died March 23rd 1872
aged 76 years
MARY
(Ref. 33N6)
wife of John Collett
who died March 13th 1843
aged 40 years
Also of
PHEBE (Phoebe)
his second wife
who died December 14th 1869
aged 72 years
Also of
WILLIAM (Ref. 33O13) and THOMAS (Ref. 33O14)
sons of John and Mary Collett
WILLIAM
died November 26th
1859 aged 32 years
THOMAS
died March 19th
1859 aged 30 years
Also of
ELIZABETH
(Ref. 33O15) their daughter
who died July 31st 1854 aged
22 years
Thy will be done
Headstone 12.
In Loving Memory of
CHARLES
COLLETT (Ref.
33O1)
who died on May 19th 1906
aged 73 years
Also of
SARAH
his beloved wife (Ref.
33O1)
who died April 29th 1904
aged 72 years
He knoweth our frame he remembereth
that we are dust
Headstone 13.
In Loving Memory of
GEORGE
COLLETT (Ref.
33P5)
who fell asleep
June 11th 1925
aged 57 years
Until the day break and the shadows
flee away
And his wife
MARY
JANE COLLETT (Ref.
33P5)
who died on January 23rd
1958
aged 88 years
Buried in the adjoining grave was
George’s sister Emily Collett
and her husband Thomas Parsons
In Loving Memory of
THOMAS PARSONS
who entered into rest
September 29th 1939 aged 79
years
Happy is he that has the god of Jacob
for his help
Also beloved wife of the above
EMILY
REBECCA PARSONS nee Collett (Ref.
33P1)
born December 5th 1859
called home August 12th 1960
in her 101 year
Headstone 14.
In Loving Memory of
ALBERT
WILLIAM COLLETT (Ref. 33P4)
died April 1st 1947
aged 80 years
Also of his beloved wife
EDITH
FLORENCE COLLETT (Ref. 33P4)
died on September 1st 1947
aged 79 years
Also their eldest daughter
FREDA
MARY (Ref. 33Q2)
died June 7th 1979
aged 80 years
Also her sister
HILDA
GERTRUDE (Ref. 33Q3)
died July 6th 1983
aged 82
Headstone 15.
Also their son
WALTER
JOHN (Ref. 33Q1)
1897 – 1960
Also his beloved wife
ELLA
KATHERINE (Ref. 33Q1)
1908 - 1974
This flat gravestone was laid at the
foot of his parents and sisters Headstone 10 above.
Headstone 16.
In Loving Memory
JOSEPH
COLLETT (Ref. 33P34)
who died on 8th May 1950
aged 75
Also his wife
RUTH
COLLETT (Ref. 33P34)
who died on 13th
April 1953
aged 78 years
Reunited
Headstone 17.
In Loving Memory
of a dear husband and father
VICTOR
JOSEPH COLLETT (Ref.
33Q15)
who passed away 14th March
1959
aged 60 years
To one and all he gave his best
Also of
PHYLL
(Phyllis) (Ref. 33Q15)
a dear wife and mother who passed away
20th February 1976
aged 78
Reunited
Headstone 18.
In Loving Memory of
ALLAN
GEORGE COLLETT (Ref.
33Q17)
died 9th December 1964
aged 61 years
RIP
Headstone 19.
Cherished Memories
ALICE
WINIFRED COLLETT (Ref.
33Q19)
1907 – 1943
Beloved (first) wife of Ivor
Dear mother to John, Pat, Gill
Treasured Memories
IVOR
JOHN COLLETT (Ref.
33Q19)
1910 – 1961
Beloved husband and father
EDITH
COLLETT (Ref.
33Q19)
1914 – 2005
Loving (second) wife and mother of Peter and Pauline
Headstone 20.
In Memory of
GEORGE
COLLETT (Ref. 33N1)
who died August 31st 1879
aged 71 years
there was hope in his end
Also of
FREDERICK
COLLETT (Ref.
33O3)
son of the above
who died September 18th
1874
aged 38 years”
Headstone 21.
In Loving Memory of
ROY
BATSFORD (Ref.
33Q4)
son of George and Mary Collett (Ref.
33P5)
who died December 17th 1899
aged 3 months
Then in the morn the master came and
from among
the flowers he came to gather lilies
that morn he gathered our son
Headstone 22.
In Loving Memory of
CYRIL
COLLETT (Ref.
33R2)
passed away
14th February 1946
Headstone 23.
In Loving Memory of
WINIFRED
OLIVE MAY COLLETT
died 19th April 1965
aged 64 years
It has not yet been confirmed where
Winifred fits in with the Collett family
Headstone 24.
In Loving Memory of
CICELY
MARGARET COLLETT (Ref. 9P3)
died 2nd February 2007
aged 87
and
FRANK
WILLIAM COLLETT (Ref. 9P3)
died 3rd August 2007
aged 90 years
Always in our thoughts