2024 Pilgrim Path/Churchyard Orchard project

As part of this project to create a space for quiet contemplation in a nature-friendly plot in the centre of West Malvern, the working party are proposing moving 11 gravestones over 100 years old, to improve the access. They will be retained within the churchyard, and their original location recorded. (The grave markers are all within Area C) The individual gravestones are listed below. If you are a relative of any of the deceased and are concerned about this, please contact the Rev Becky Elliott on 01684 573559.

• Elisabeth JONES (1872 – 30/07/1915) Born in Colwall née HEATH, married Frederick JONES in 1899, had 4 children. Mountain Cottage, Croft Pitch, West Malvern.
• Caroline METCALFE (1877 – 22/07/1916) Born in London née COOPER, married Henry Fenwick METCALFE in 1914. Had a son, Geoffrey Fenwick METCALFE. Hillside, West Malvern and Otto House, West Kensington.
• William LLOYD (1852 – 15/10/1915). Possibly married Emily HUGHES IN 1880. Possibly of Woodland Cottage, West Malvern.
• Catherine HARRIS (1838 – 11/11/1915) Born in Eckington.
• Robert RUTHERFORD (1872 – 07/06/1917) Born Claverdon, Warwickshire. Was a vet. Married Annie ROWLEY in 1905. Daughter Lucie Joyce RUTHERFORD, married George MOONEY, possibly lived on Hornyold Road, Malvern.
• James BIGGS (27/08/1835 – 10/02/1917) Born in West Malvern, of Rye Croft Cottage, 166 West Malvern Road, West Malvern. Relative Frank James BIGGS died at this address in 1977.
• Esther COLLICOTT (1842 – 11/01/1916) Born St John’s Worcester. Sunset View, West Malvern.
• Frank GWYNN (1873 – 04/03/1919) Butcher at The Mount, West Malvern. Married Esther BROWN IN 1901.
• John MARTIN (1852 – 06/05/1918) Born in London, married Eliza CROMPTON in 1901. Bank manager. Greenville and Harcourt Cottage, West Malvern.
• Georgina BAIRD (09/11/1876 – 04/05/1922) Sister of Alice BAIRD and Katrina BAIRD of St James’s Girls School, West Malvern. Principal of Evendine Court, Colwall.
• Frances BAILLIE-HAMILTON (30/09/1829 – 22/11/1919) Born in Scotland, The Right Honourable Frances BAILLIE-HAMILTON, second daughter of the late George, tenth earl of Haddington. Of Maynard Cottage, West Malvern.