Celebrants

In many cases the name of the person conducting the interment service has been recorded.

The celebrant may be one of the ministers or curates serving at St Thomas’ church but also may be a person from another church or organisation.

The following is a list (not a complete list) of ministers and curates who have served at St Thomas’ church:

Vicars / Rectors

Matson Vincent 1831 – 1846 (Vicar)
John Beridge Jebb 1846 – 1863 (Vicar)
John Magens Mello 1863 – 1887 (Vicar, Rector from 1867)
Charles Edward Little 1887 – 1900 (Rector)
Edward Starkie Shuttleworth 1900 – 1906 (Rector)
Henry Edward Ferry
Edward Charles Stukeley
Frederick Herbert Burnside 1906 – 1925 (Rector)
Hubert John Sillitoe 1925 – 1944 (Rector)
John Dawson Hooley 1944 – 1957 (Rector)
Lionel William Daffurn 1957 – 1974 (Rector)
Vyvyan Watts-Jones 1974 – 1985 (Rector)
Christopher John Cokayne Frith 1985 – 2003 (Rector)
David Peter Mouncer 2003 – 2008 (Rector)
Matthew John Barnes from 2008 (Rector)

Priests in Charge

John Pittman
E Gardin

Curates

John Beridge Jebb
R C Marshall

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