Monday, August 10, 2015

Memorial Marker

The Pinhey family memorial marker in St. Margaret's Old Churchyard Cemetery, London England


The epitaph reads: 

Sacred to the memory of Mr. William Green Pinhey, late of this parish: who departed this life, July 26th 1859, aged 64 years. And of Marjorie, daughter of William Fox Pinhey, only son of the above: Born August 29th 1888. Died November 9th 1898. Also of the above named William Fox Pinhey. Born September 2nd 1856. Died January 31st 1929. Also his widow, Fanny Maude Pinhey. Born August 18 1860. Died August 5th 1936

 Marjorie "Madge" Pinhey

Madge passed away at age 10 and was buried in the family plot at St. Margaret's.



Madge in 1894, Age 6

Update (March 2019): I was able to locate Madge's 1898 death notice in the London newspapers.  Per the notice (below) Madge death was due to diphtheria and she passed away while hospitalized at the Brook Fever Hospital, which was a new hospital in the area.



Here is some information on the Brook Hospital:

Designed by architect Thomas Aldwinckle, the Brook Fever Hospital was one of five fever hospitals built during the 1890s by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Its foundation stone was laid by Lady Galsworthy in July 1894, and the 488-bed hospital opened in 1896.

The hospital design separated infectious areas of the Hospital from the non-infectious and had two entrances separated by a porter's lodge; the east entrance was for infectious patients, the west for non-infectious staff and visitors. Hospital wards were housed in a series of 2-storey pavilions built in terraces and connected by roofed walkways. There were 40 separate blocks covering 21 acres of the 29-acre site. The hospital mainly catered for patients with scarlet fever (352 beds), enteric fever, and diphtheria (112 beds). 


Brook Hospital circa 1910


 Madge's Sliver Christening Cup


Sliver Hall Marks on Madge's Cup
The sliver hallmarks translate as follows: Walker & Hall, Sheffield, Silver Makers.  John Edward Bingham of Walker & Hall, Silversmith. The Sheffield Crown indicates it is a verified silver piece. The Lion Passat Guardant certifies the quality of the silver.  The final mark is a duty mark verifying the payment of duty (Queen Victoria's silhouette) - this mark was used until 1890. 


Walker & Hall had a showroom located at 45 Hoburn Viaduct in London.  This is most likely where the cup was purchased.

2 comments:

  1. You've done your due diligence here!

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  2. It helps to have been familiar with the silver codes from deciphering the stamps on English pocket watch cases. Also, I found another photo of little Madge that I will need to add to this post.

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