Fred Tegg – a well known Swindonian

Did Emily stand at this spot? Did she watch the dappled sunlight dance across the headstone? But of course the tree may have been a mere sapling then, like her son who died aged 17. Perhaps she had no time to stand and stare, what is there to ponder on when a son is taken before his time. The headstone may have been a later addition, raised after both she and her husband Fred had gone. There were a lot of words written about Fred (a well-known Swindonian) when he died.

What is there to say when a 17 year old son has been taken. Nothing that is of any comfort.

Death of Mr Fred Tegg

A Well known Swindonian

We sincerely regret to announce the death of Mr Fred Tegg, which took place quite suddenly at his residence, Lyndhurst, Clifton Street, Swindon, on Sunday.

Deceased was in his usual health and attending to his duties last week, and the end came quite suddenly. He was apparently quite well on Christmas Day and on Sunday morning, but in the afternoon of the latter day he was taken suddenly ill, and passed away about half-past two

Mr Fred Tegg was a typical self-made man. Born at Bucklebury, in Berkshire, he came to Swindon some forty years ago, and started work as a carpenter in the GWR Works. By his indomitable courage, he rose to a higher post, and then, coming under the eye of the late Mr Samuel Carlton, then Manager of the GWR Works, he made further headway, being a good shorthand writer. In those days shorthand was little known, and it may be here recalled that the present Mayor of Swindon (Ald. W.H. Lawson) and Mr W. H. Stanier, an ex-Mayor, in addition to Mr. Fred Tegg, were the only shorthand writers connected with the GWR Works at that time. Mr. Tegg was taught shorthand by Miss Wreford, and in after years he did a great deal of reporting for the Swindon Advertiser.

Owing to his great abilities as a stenographer, Mr Fred Tegg made great progress and at the time of his demise he was Chief Clerk to Mr. H.C. King, Manager of the Locomotive Dept. He had completed his term of service, and was about to retire, when the sudden call came.

Mr Tegg was for 12- or 13-years Secretary to the GWR Medical Fund Society, in the work of which he was deeply interested. He was also a prominent Oddfellow being a member of the “Mackie’s Good Intent” Lodge and he was present at a meeting recently. He had held all the high offices, and was a Trustee of the Lodge at the time of his death. He was most popular among all classes, and his death will be deeply mourned by a very large circle.

The Inquest

On Monday last the Deputy Coroner for North Wilts, Mr J.W. Pridham, held an inquest on the body of deceased at the Clifton Hotel. Mr J. Stafford being chosen foreman of the jury.

Evidence was given by Mr. E. Tegg (son of deceased) and Dr. Haddon, and the jury returned a verdict of death from cardiac failure.

Dr Haddon stated that life was extinct when he was called to deceased. Death was probably due to cardiac failure, caused by indigestion.

Impressive Funeral

Amidst many tokens which spoke eloquently of the respect and high esteem in which the late Mr. Tegg was held by all associated with him, the mortal remains of the deceased gentleman were laid to rest in the Swindon Cemetery, at three o’clock on Thursday afternoon. The funeral was an impressive one. Four carriages conveyed the family mourners, and no fewer than 90 gentlemen walked behind. Preceded by a hand bier bearing the many beautiful floral tributes, the cortege proceeded from Mr. Tegg’s late residence “Lyndhurst,” Clifton Street, to the Cemetery Chapel, where the Rev. J.T. Evans (Primitive Methodist minister), assisted by the Rev. H.W. Smith, conducted the first portion of the solemn rites. Later, the Rev. J.T. Evans also officiated at the graveside.

The remains were enclosed in a polished elm coffin with brass furnishings, and the breast-plate born the inscription: Frederick Tegg, died December 26, 1909. Aged 61 years.

Extracts from the Swindon Advertiser, Friday, December 31, 1909

Harry Frederick Hamilton Jerome Tegg was buried in grave plot B1695 on July 10, 1890. Fred Tegg was buried in the neighbouring plot B1694 where Emily joined him when she died in April 1932.

The Woolford family

One of our volunteers recently sent me a photo of a grave she had cleared and tidied up. This angel memorial surmounts the grave of a young child. Bex has a knack of finding graves with a particularly poignant story.

Terence Anthony Woolford was born in July 1930, the first of Reginald and Gladys Woolford’s three children. Reginald Charles Woolford was born in 1904, the son of Charles Woolford who worked as a wheel turner in the railway factory. In 1928 Reginald married Gladys Rose Popham, the daughter of Ernest Popham, a fitter in the railway factory.

Reginald and Gladys were living at 7 Drove Road in January 1936 when their young son was taken ill. He was admitted to the Isolation Hospital where he died. He was 5 and a half years old. His funeral took place in Radnor Street Cemetery on January 20 where he was buried in grave plot C1720.

I am presently engaged in a BIG project transcribing the diaries of a local farmer as part of the Friends of Lydiard Park’s archival work. Elliot Woolford kept a daily diary from 1885 until his death in 1940. No mean feat for a busy farmer with a small team of family members and local labourers working with him.

And then I wondered if there could possibly be any connection between Elliot and this little boy buried in Radnor Street Cemetery.

So far I have traced Elliot’s family back several generations. There have been Woolfords living in the Purton, Lydiard Millicent and Lydiard Tregoze area for at least 600 years. From Robert Woolford who married Susannah Staley in the parish church at Lydiard Millicent in 1757 to “William Woolford of ye parish of Lidyeard Treagoze in the County of Wilts yeoman” who in 1695 left four of his sons William, Benjamin, Nicholas and Oliver, £5 each in his will.

Returning to the story of little Terence Anthony Woolford…

A family historian has placed an extensive Woolford family tree on the Ancestry, website which I navigated with alacrity. At first there were no obvious connections; no farming background for Reginald, no links with the rural Lydiard parishes, but back and back I went. Then I discovered John Woolford born in 1600 in Trowbridge. John married Elizabeth Baker in the church of St. Mary’s, Lydiard Tregoze on February 12, 1621. He died in his adopted parish on February 28, 1674 and was buried in the churchyard there. This John Woolford appears in both little Terence and Elliot Woolford’s family tree.

Thank you Bex for another fascinating find.

Before and after photos.

William Thomas and a life in the railway factory

William Thomas spent his entire working life in an iron foundry; first in his home town of Llanelly, Breconshire where he worked as a ‘Baller.’ By 1871 he appears on the census returns here in Swindon living at 13 Cambria Place with his wife Cecilia and his two daughters. His job description is ‘rail rougher.’

In 1915 Alfred Williams published a book entitled ‘Life in a Railway Factory.’ It was a controversial book; a warts and all description of working ‘Inside.’ It didn’t go down well with the Great Western Railway where Alfred had worked as a hammerman for 23 years. Today it provides us with a first hand account of what it was really like in the Works at that time.

If you have a railway ancestor who appears on the census returns as a ‘baller’ or a ‘puddler’ and you’ve thought this sounds a rather quaint occupation – well, this is what it involved.

Punchings and drillings are also treated by the process known as “puddling.” In this case, the furnaces will have a cavity in the floor, into which the small scrap material is shovelled or tipped. The door is now made fast and the heat applied, which must not be too fierce, however, or the whole mass would soon be burned and spoiled. When the drillings and chippings have cohered, the puddler, by an aperture through the iron door, inserts a steel bar, curved at the end, and prises the lump and turns it over and over. This is called “balling up.” By and by, when the iron is thoroughly heated and fairly consistent, it is brought to the “shingler,” who soon gives it shape and solidity.

Alfred Williams writes:

You can always tell these young men of the steam-hammer or rolling mills, whenever you meet them. They are usually lank and thin and their faces are ghastly white. Their nostrils are distended; black and blue rings encircle their eyes. Their gait is careless and shuffling, and their dress, on a holiday, is a curious mixture of the rural and urban styles. On week-days they are as black as sweeps, and the blacker they are the better, in their opinion, for they take pride in parading the badge of their profession and are not ashamed of it as are their workmates who dwell in the town.

William and Cecilia Thomas continued to live in the Welsh enclave around Faringdon Road and Cambria Place. William died in 1899. He was 73 years old and the burial registers describe his occupation as ‘puddler.’ Whether he was still working until the time of his death remains unknown, but it is quite likely.

Cecilia died at her home 4 Park Terrace in 1901 and was buried in grave plot D46 where she joined William. Their beautiful pink granite memorial describes Cecilia (and presumably William as well) as ‘Angels Waiting.’

The cemetery chapel – everything just right

The non-denominational chapel, built to seat 100 people, was never flash. Four angels on the ceiling bosses are the only adornments, a little colour glass in the windows, but I’ll come to that another time. Any hymn singing was probably unaccompanied, the non-conformist ministers leading the mourners.

Look up and marvel at the intricate timber framed roof, a credit to builders Phillips & Powell and George Wiltshire, still weather proof, still doing the job for which it was intended.

Sadly, most of the original pews were removed some years ago. There are a couple still left, showing their age, but able to give us a snapshot of how things once were.

A lectern has survived the ravages of time and the work of vandals. And so have two trestle coffin stands. At first sight they might appear rather tall, but they are just the right height to allow the pall bearers to carefully lower their burden.

Everything perfectly designed, carefully thought out, everything just right.

Rev John Sharman’s family

A Wesleyan ministry was not for the faint hearted and if it was a hard life for the Minister, imagine what it was like for his wife.

John Sharman was born on May 22, 1814 the son of Michael Sharman and his wife Hepzibah, in the parish of Walsoken, Norfolk. He began his ministry in 1835 and five years later married Ann Allen. Ann was born in 1840, the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Allen, themselves Methodists.

By researching the birth of John and Ann’s eleven children it is possible to map the many places where John ministered.

Their first child John Parker Sharman was born in Whitchurch, Hampshire on April 25, 1841. Annie Rebecca (1842) and Thomas Michael (1844) were both born in Ashford, Kent. Selina Jane was born here in Swindon on January 31, 1846. She was baptised at the ‘Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel Swindon & at places in its Vicinity’ on May 16 with her brother John Parker Sharman. James Allen was born in 1847 in New Buckenham, Norfolk and baptised on March 19, 1848 at Attleborough, Norfolk. Frederick William was born in 1850 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. At the time of the 1851 census the family were living in the small hamlet of Botesdale on ‘the turnpike road leading from Scole to Bury Saint Edmunds.’ Elizabeth Hephzibah (1852) and Catherine Laura (1853) were both born in Botesdale. Frederica Allen was born in 1855 in Harwich, Essex as was her brother Frederick James born the following year. Mary Susannah was the last of John and Ann’s children. She was born in St. Just, Cornwall and baptised on July 12, 1859 at East Looe, just three months before John died.

At least seven different homes in 19 years of marriage (and child bearing for Ann) travelling England and Wales.

John died on October 11, 1859 at Holsworthy, Devon, aged 45.

By the time of the 1861 census Ann was living at Grove Street, Wantage with seven of her children and her widowed mother Susannah Allen. In 1871 she was living in Harwell Street, Harwell, Berkshire with her five daughters and by 1881 she was living at 65 Clifton Street, Swindon.

Ann Sharman died in March 1887 at 3 Graham Terrace, Clifton Street, aged 68. She was buried in grave plot E8500 where two of her daughters would later join her; Annie Rebecca Cole who died in February 1913 and Mary Susannah Richards who died in March 1924. Selina Jane Sharman is also mentioned on the memorial. The only child to be born and to die in Swindon was buried in the churchyard at Christ Church. She died aged 29 in 1875, before Radnor Street Cemetery was built.

Ann and John’s son, Frederick James Sharman, who died in 1916, is buried with his wife and daughter in grave plot E8515 just a short distance from his mother’s grave.

A few examples of the busy life of Rev. John Sharman.

“On Thursday morning at five o’clock, the Rev. John Sharman of Abingdon, preached to a large congregation.” Newbury, Berkshire May 1839.

Rev. John Sharman of Tredegar preached at Nantyglo in October, 1846.

November 1846 – Tredegar. “In the morning of Sunday November 15, Rev. John Sharman, resident minister, preached in the morning.”

Wesleyan Missions – On Sunday, Feb 6^th, two sermons were preached in the Trewelland Chapel, St. Just Circuit, on behalf of the above missions; viz., in the morning by the Rev. John Sharman, and in the evening by the Rev. N. Alston. On the following Wednesday, the annual public meeting was held, when the claims of missions were ably advocated by the Revds. John Hobson of Redruth, Sharman and Alston, of St. Just; William Trezise, Esq. in the chair. Collections were made, amounting to the same as last year.

Royal Cornwall Gazette, Friday Feb 18, 1859.

St. Just Institution

On Monday last, the Rev. John Sharman, Wesleyan Minister, of St. Just, lectured on “Druidism.” The Rev lecturer handled his subject in his usual masterly style, and delivered a highly interesting and instructive lecture, which was approved of by the audience in a cordial vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr John Boyns, seconded by Mr William Holman, and presented to the reverend lecturer by the Chairman, Mr A. Chenhalls.

Royal Cornwall Gazette Friday March 18, 1859.

George Ball – accident at Shrivenham

George Ball was the proprietor of the Victorian Temperance Hotel in Station Road for 30 years. At the time of his death in 1922 he was retired and he and his wife lived with their married daughter at 36 Cheltenham Street.

Although retired George remained a very active man and on the day in question had taken the 9.20 train from Swindon to Shrivenham on a visit to his wife who was staying with her sister at Somerset Farm, Hinton and also to take care of some business matters. Apparently George made this journey regularly as the Advertiser reported “on leaving the train at Shrivenham it was Mr Ball’s habit to cross the line in the direction of Bourton.”

However, on this day an upstopping train in the station obscured the view of William Herbert Ody, the driver of a train travelling in the opposite direction.

Mr Ody told the coroner’s court that as the stopping train passed him he saw a man walking across the level crossing. He shouted as loudly as possible and plied the steam brake at once, but it was too late. Mr Ball was killed outright. The line was perfectly straight and if it had not been for the train in the station he could easily have seen the man and the man him, he said.

The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death and expressed his deepest sympathy.

Mr Ball’s son Samuel had told the court that his father had good eyesight but that his hearing was failing. Following the verdict Samuel suggested that a footbridge should be built across the line, as what had befallen his father might happen to anyone else.

George Ball died aged 62 years old. He was buried on March 29, 1922 in grave plot D1305 which he shares with his wife Mary Ann and his son William who both died in 1948.

Charles Edwyn Jones – Royal Naval Volunteer

Tuberculosis was one of the main causes of death in the early 20^th century and the most common cause for medical discharge from the armed services during the Great War.

Living in unhygienic close quarters, suffering from exposure and exhaustion, servicemen were prime candidates; becoming newly infected or suffering the resurgence of a disease lying dormant after a previous attack.

One set of records describe the death of Ordinary Seaman Charles Edwyn Jones as caused by pleurisy and pneumonia, another says empyaemia, which probably come down to the same thing – tuberculosis.

Charles was born on October 8, 1878 at 37 Reading Street, the son of Edwin Jones, a fitter in the Works, and his wife Mary.

Edwin had moved to Swindon from Bristol, but blinded in an accident in the railway factory, Edwin could no longer work at the job he was trained for. However, he went on to lead a full and active life and became Mayor of Swindon in 1920-21.

Charles Edwyn, the second of five children and the only son, chose not to follow his father into the railway factory but worked as a buyer of ladies clothing. At the time of the 1911 census he was working in London and boarding at 53 Eardley Crescent, Kensington. In 1915 he married Ethel Elizabeth Brown.

A Royal Naval Volunteer, Charles was based at the RN Depot Crystal Palace. He died at the Norwood Cottage Hospital on March 17, 1918 aged 39 years. Charles’s wife Ethel was pregnant at the time of his death and a daughter named Edwyna was born that summer.

Charles’s body was returned to Swindon where he was buried on March 21 in grave plot D1575, next to two other Jones family graves.

The Radnor Street Cemetery volunteers

In the beginning there were just two members of the Radnor Street Cemetery volunteers. Pictured below with Andy are Jon and David shortly after appointing Brian as their new apprentice. More than six years on and the group is considerably larger and Brian has ‘done his time.’*

The original objective of the group was to care for the Commonwealth War Graves. Today the volunteers are members of the CWGC Eyes On Hands On initiative, keeping the area around the war graves clear and reporting any concerns over safety or damage to the headstones. They are also recording family memorials that mention service personnel lost or missing in war. Their latest project is an attempt to secure recognition by the CWGC for a soldier who died in the Victoria Hospital, Swindon in 1918 from broncho pneumonia having recently been discharged from the army as unfit for service. We believe that his death may have been as a result of his military service. If successful this will be the second WWI soldier to be so recognised in the past two years.

But this is only part of the volunteers work, as you can see from the photos below.

Would you like to join them?

You can contact us in a number of ways. You can leave a message here on this blog or on our Radnor Street Cemetery Facebook page and we also have a Twitter (now known as X) feed @StreetRadnor.

Why not come along to our next guided cemetery walk when Jon will be able to tell you more and answer your questions?

Our last walk of this season will be on Sunday October 29, meet at the cemetery chapel for 2 pm.

*finished his apprenticeship

Before and after … Kent Road gate

Read about Bob Menham, Swindon Town FC goal keeper.

Read about Edith Gay Little

Read about Joanna C. Lay

Before and after … Minnie Price

William and Sarah Ann Giddins

This headstone with its elegant script contains a lot of information, even if at first it seems rather confusing, and the family history it conceals is even more fascinating.

The first person buried in this family plot was William Golosha Giddins (jnr) who died in 1917 aged 29. Next to be buried here was his married sister Gertrude Mary Whateley who died in 1930. Then in 1938 Sarah Ann Giddins, their mother, was buried here and just three months later their father William joined them.

William Giddins was born in Newfoundland St John in c1861 where his father Robert served with the 8^th Kings 1440 Regiment for more than 20 years. Robert had previously served in British North America and the West Indies. Soon after William’s birth his father was discharged from the army as ‘unfit for further service in consequence of Chronic Rheumatism & general debility’ according to his military records.

Married with two children, Robert and his wife Catherine returned to his birthplace of Avebury where he worked as an agricultural labourer. Son William soon set out on his own adventure, joining the Wiltshire Constabulary and marrying Sarah Ann Cannings in 1885. By the time of the 1891 census the family were living at Martin, Fordingbridge.

William finished his career here in Swindon where the 1911 census returns record him at the Police Station, Swindon, an Inspector of Police. Sarah Ann, his wife of 25 years lives with him, their two children are both living elsewhere. Lodging with them are five police constables.

On their deaths Gertrude and her parents Sarah and William received lengthy obituaries published below, so I won’t repeat all the details here, but I would like to know more about the National Spinning Competition and Sarah’s royal audience!

Death of Sister Whateley

After an illness extending to about 12 months, the death occurred early on Sunday morning of Mrs Gertrude Mary (Sister) Whateley, wife of Mr A.J. Whateley of the Burleigh Nursing Home, 31 Croft Road. Sister Whateley was very well known in Swindon through her profession and much sympathy is extended to her husband. She took up nursing as a profession during the war, and afterwards opened the Burleigh Home. During the past twelve months she had been practically confined to her room. The funeral took place on Wednesday at Radnor Street Cemetery. The chief mourners were Mr A.J.Whately (widower), Mr and Mrs W. Giddings (father and mother), Mrs Jessop, Mrs Oliver and Miss Londen (cousins). Sister Whateley was the daughter of ex-Inspector Giddings, of the Wiltshire Constabulary.

North Wilts Herald, Friday, September 26, 1930.

A Conservative Worker

Swindon Funeral of Mrs S.A. Giddins

At Radnor-street cemetery last Thursday the interment took place of Mrs Sarah Annie Giddins, of 56 Cheltenham-street, Swindon, who died on 10 July at the age of 74. The service at St. Paul’s Church was conducted by the Rev. N.W.L. Auster, who also officiated at the graveside. Mrs Giddins was the wife of Mr William Giddins, who retired in 1911 from his post as police inspector in Swindon, and three years ago they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.

Mrs Giddins was a Londoner by birth. Throughout her life she had taken a keen interest in the work of the Conservative Association. For over 30 years she was a member of the local association, and of recent years was vice-chairman. She was also chairman of the Whist Committee and President of the Central Branch of Young Britons.

She had the distinction, many years ago, of winning a National Spinning Competition in London, later going to Sandringham, where she instructed the late Queen Alexandra in that art.

Chief mourners; Mr W. Giddins (husband), Mr Donald Giddings (grandson), Mr Cannings (brother), Mr and Mrs Freeth (nephew and niece), Mrs Oliver (cousin), Miss Young (cousin), Miss London (cousin), Miss Ellis and Miss W. Smith, the committee of the Queen’s Ward Conservative Association. Among those present at church were; Sir Noel Arkell, Mrs Oliver Arkell, Mr Mayhew, Mr and Mrs Preater.

Funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs A.E. Smith and Son, 24 Gordon-road, Swindon.

North Wilts Herald, Friday, 22 July, 1938.

Death of Mr W. Giddins

Former Police Inspector at Swindon

Funeral Tributes

The death has taken place of Mr William Giddins aged 77, of 56 Cheltenham-street, Swindon. He was a retried police inspector, having served 27 years in the Wiltshire Constabulary, from which he retired in 1911, after 27 years’ service. As a constable he was first on duty at Wilton, after doing a month’s training at Devizes. Later he was moved to Marten, still in the same division, where he remained for 5½ years. While here, P.C. Giddins made a successful capture, after a struggle with a burglar, on 13 December, 1886, for which he was commended by the then Chief Constable of Wilts Capt. Robert Sterne, R.N.

Constable Giddins’ next post was at Winterslow, where he was stationed for seven years, and he was then promoted to sergeant and removed to Chippenham, remaining for 2½ years. From there he went to Great Bedwyn, where he did duty for 4½ years, when he was promoted to inspector and went to Pewsey.

Later Inspector Giddins was removed to Swindon, and was in charge of the Police Station at Cheltenham-street which was the New Swindon Station until the erection of the police station at Gorse Hill. Here he remained until his retirement. He then went into business, taking an off-licence beerhouse in Regent-street, Swindon. After being there two years, he found that too much indoor work did not suit his health, and he left and took up duties as a rent and debt collector. In 1933 he retired from all public duties. Mrs Giddins, who instructed the late Queen Alexandra in the art of spinning, died as recently as last July.

The Funeral

The funeral took place on Monday afternoon. The first part of the service was conducted at St. Paul’s Church, by the Rev. N.W.L. Auster (curate), who also officiated at the graveside in Radnor-street Cemetery. Six members of the Swindon Police Force, under the direction of Sergt. Nicholas, acted as bearers.

The family mourners were: Mr and Mrs Donald Giddins (grandson); Bessie Young (Cousin); Mrs A. Oliver (cousin); Mr and Mrs H. Frith (cousin); Mr H. Canning (cousin); Mr Ed. G. London (cousin); Miss Dorothy Ellis, Miss Winnie Smith, Mr. Eastwell, Mr. H. Couling and Mr P. Ward.

Amongst other mourners were; Mr and Mrs A.G. Beard (friends); Mr R. Comer and T. Loveday, the two last named being ex-policemen and friends of Mr. Giddins.

The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. A.E. Smith & Son, 24 Gordon-road.

North Wilts Herald Friday 14 October, 1938.

A Tale of Two Towns

Until the Incorporation of the Borough in 1900, Swindon operated as two, quite separate entities. First there were the two Local Boards of Health (Old and New Swindon), then after the Local Government Act of 1894, the two Urban District Councils (Old and New Swindon). It was part of the reason the cemetery was so long in the consultation stage – neither of the local authorities wanted to pay for it!

One edition of the Swindon Advertiser, published on Saturday, November 23, 1895, included a Cemetery Committee report from the Old Swindon District Council while further down the page was a report from the Joint Cemetery Committee of the New Swindon Urban District Council.

How did local government ever get anything done?

Old Swindon Urban District Council

Cemetery Committee

This Committee in their report stated that during the last quarter 77 burials had taken place as against 72 in the corresponding period of last year. Dr Hoffmann, Her Majesty’s Inspector, had visited the cemetery and expressed his satisfaction at everything he had seen. The drainage at the Cemetery was now finished.

Swindon Advertiser, Saturday, November 23, 1895.

New Swindon Urban District Council

Joint Cemetery Committee

The report of this committee, among other items, contained the information that a sum of £79 15s 4d, was still unexpended of the £600 borrowed for draining the cemetery, the work having been completed. By this drainage scheme, the Surveyor reported that space had been made available for 6,996 more burials than was the case before, and that it was his (the Surveyor’s) intention of re-arranging the grave spaces, which would allow for about 800 more burials. Mr Longland, in moving the adoption of this report, expressed the indebtness of the Council to the surveyor and caretaker for the efficient manner in which the work was carried out at the cemetery.

Swindon Advertiser, Saturday, November 23, 1895.

published courtesy of Local Studies, Swindon Central Library.