Thrale history
SAINT LEONARDS CHURCH, SANDRIDGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
Tree: UK Thrale family
Notes:
It is thought that a wooden church is likely to have been on the site in the year 796. The oldest extant part of the church is speculated to be from the year 946. A stone-built church was established in Sandridge by at least the year 1119.
Thrale headstones
Numerous Thrales are buried here, many of which no longer have visible graves or memorial stones. Those that do, are listed below …
Existing (with an uncertain relationship to those on this family tree)
- Thrale, R
- Thrale, Ralph
- Thrale, S (Mrs) died Mar 1781
- Thrale, Thomas, d 1803
Unknown status
All inscriptions below were recorded in 1989 and are taken from the book Sandridge Monumental Inscriptions at HALS:
- Mrs Sarah Thrale wife of Mr Ralph Thrale of Nomansland died December 7th1 1820 aged 53 years.
- the above Mr Ralph Thrale died June 29th 1832 aged 71 years2.
- Gordon William Thrale Cox died 11 January 1945 aged 35 years3.
Removed before 1909
From a 1909 surveyed by W B Gerish:- Thrale (forename unknown) aged 10
- Thrale (forename unknown) died February 26 18064
- Thrale A. died 1801
- Thrale E. died 1803
- Thrale George died April 4 1811 aged 70
Parish Priests and Curates
This is a more complete and up-to-date list of an earlier list first published in 1952:| Vicar | From | Until |
|---|---|---|
| John Balle | 1349 | 1349 |
| Walter de Flyttewk | 1349 | 1349 |
| John de Redburn | 1349 | 1352 |
| John Olyver | 1371 | 1374 |
| William Ryvell | 1374 | 1391 |
| Richard Horwood | 1410 | 1419 |
| John Bryant | 1441 | 1445 |
| Robert Rydley | 1465 | |
| William Tyler | 1465 | 1468 |
| Thomas Thykthorp | 1468 | 1470 |
| James Waleys | 1470 | 1477 |
| Gilbert Lancaster | 1477 | 1527 |
| John Norcliff | 1527 | |
| Hugh Harding | 1540 | 1574 |
| Richard Adamson | 1574 | 1581 |
| Richard Woodward | 1581 | 1586 |
| Stephen Gosson | 1586 | 1592 |
| William Westerman | 1592 | 1622 |
| Richard Westerman | 1622 | 1630 |
| John Lodington | 1630 | 1630 |
| Alexander Wedderburne | 1630 | 1643 |
| John Harper | 1643 | 1658 |
| Joseph Draper | 1658 | 1661 |
| Thomas Owen | 1661 | 1680 |
| Charles Horne | 1681 | 1685 |
| Edmund Wood | 1685 | 1714 |
| William Crowley | 1714 | 1721 |
| Samuel Grice | 1721 | 1744 |
| Thomas Evans | 1744 | 1767 |
| H. Osman (Curate) | 1767 | 1773 |
| Joseph Spooner (Curate) | 1773 | 1775 |
| Robert Welton (Curate) | 1776 | 1793 |
| Robert Welton (Vicar) | 1793 | 1823 |
| Kenneth Bayley (Curate) | 1823 | 1826 |
| William Deane Ryland (Curate) | 1826 | 1837 |
| Charles Boutell (Curate) | 1837 | 1846 |
| Thomas Henry Winbolt (Curate) | 1846 | 1872 |
| John Griffith | 1872 | 1890 |
| James Alexander Cruikshank | 1891 | 1899 |
| Austin Oliver | 1899 | 1905 |
| Hugh Richard Anson | 1906 | 1919 |
| Charles Edward Quin | 1919 | 1926 |
| Samuel Weaver | 1927 | 1929 |
| Tudor Aneurin Talbot Thomas | 1929 | 1939 |
| Edward Giles | 1939 | 1956 |
| Philip Handford | 1956 | 1975 |
| Paul Nelson | 1975 | 1998 |
| Vanessa G. Cato | 2007 | 2015 |
| Em Coley | 2015 | 2021 |
| Julie de Jong (Curate) | 2021 | 2024 |
Footnotes
- W B Gerish's record of 1909 states 27th. ↩︎
- W B Gerish's record of 1909 states 1852 aged 74. Based on the known birth date, Gerish is likely more reliable. ↩︎
- Row W of the New Sandridge Churchyard. ↩︎
- Possibly - but not definitively - Elizabeth Thrale.. ↩︎
Address : Latitude: 51.78117142989449, Longitude: -0.30321836471557617
Media
| Photos | | St Leonards Church, Sandridge |
 | St Leonards Church, Sandridge | |
 | St Leonards Church east end, Sandridge | |
 | Village shield Sandridge village shield | |
 | St Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire. | |
 | Sandridge church nave. Photograph by E.A.Gearey of Bedford, 1950. | |
 | St Leonards Church 1800. | |
 | Sr Leonards Church, Sandridge, 1951 View from the north east. | |
 | St. Leonards Church, Sandridge c. 1973 Image from page 24 of A New Thraliana by Richard William Thrale (1931-2007). | |
 | St. Leonards Church, Sandridge c. 1800. Image from page 24 of A New Thraliana by Richard William Thrale (1931-2007). |
| Headstones |  | Headstone of Susanah Thrale |
 | End grave for Richard Thrale and Mary Manfield | |
 | Headstone for Henry Thrale Cox and Beatrice Alice Cox Plot: At the rear of St Leonard's Churchyard | |
 | Ralph Norman and William THRALE headstone | |
 | Headstone of Richard Thrale Adjoining to this side of the Tomb lies the Remains of Mr. RICHARD THRALE late of the Pound Farm Sandridge & Husband of the above MARY THRALE who Died Aug:.19th.1755 Aged 66 Years | |
 | Headstone of Richard Thrale and Mary Manfield |
| Histories |  | Historic Sandridge. The story of a Hertfordshire parish (1952). The first substantial chronicle of Thrale history, written by R.W. Thrale (1931-2007) & E. Giles. Reproduced in full with consent of the author. |
 | A New Thraliana (1973) A chronicle of the Thrale family of Hertfordshire by Richard William Thrale (1931-2007), building on the Thrale chapter from the 1952 book Historic Sandridge. Reproduced in full with consent of the author. |
Christening
Matches 1 to 48 of 48
Death
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Death  |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  THRALE, Rose | 1653 | I152 | UK Thrale family |
Burial
Matches 1 to 40 of 40
Baptism
Matches 1 to 5 of 5
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Baptism |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARSONS, Elizabeth | 24 Nov 1818 | I565 | UK Thrale family |
| 2 | PARSONS, Maria | 13 Mar 1828 | I537 | UK Thrale family |
| 3 | PARSONS, Mary | 28 Jul 1755 | I599 | UK Thrale family |
| 4 | PARSONS, Mary | 5 Jun 1825 | I526 | UK Thrale family |
| 5 | PARSONS, Sally | 7 Sep 1746 | I597 | UK Thrale family |
Religion
Matches 1 to 5 of 5
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Religion |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARSONS, Jonathan | Between 1736 and 1768 | I441 | UK Thrale family |
| 2 | PARSONS, Jonathan | Between 1768 and 1812 | I595 | UK Thrale family |
| 3 | PARSONS, William | I534 | UK Thrale family | |
| 4 | PARSONS, William | I46061 | UK Thrale family | |
| 5 | THRALE, John | 1750 | I675 | UK Thrale family |
Marriage
Matches 1 to 2 of 2
| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrale / Smith | 1557 | F65 | UK Thrale family |
| 2 | West / Thrale | F764 | UK Thrale family |