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K on Churchyard plan
The small flat stone memorial to William Josland (k) records an unusual manner of passing.
WILLIAM HENRY JOSLAND
OF THIS PARISH
WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED ON THE L & N W RAILWAY
JUNE 11th 1885 aged 31 years
"FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"
L on Churchyard plan
Rev.Edward Stuart was educated at Balliol and New Hall Oxford where he was influenced by Pusey and the ways of the Oxford Movement. He was ordained in 1845, and became curate at Cirencester. There he developed an interest in working to improve the education of young people of the lower middle classes. In 1848 he moved to Christ Church, Albany Street under William Dodsworth. There he observed the squalid conditions in which the local inhabitants lived. Being a wealthy man, he resolved to sell his private fortune and seek to alleviate the lot of the common man, by building a church for them and by educating them. His first move was to go and live among them; then to feed and teach neglected children. On an site adjacent to his new house, he purchased ground and built St.Mary Magdeline, Munster Square. Richard Cromwell Carpenter was the Architect and Pugin designed the East Window. Stuart spent more than £10000 and served without any prospect of stipend. He believed that "the beauty of holiness" would attract people, and used music, both choral and congregational, to complement the dignity of the Book of Common Prayer. In terms of the size of his congregations he was indeed successful. Stuart's work set high standards for the revival of good music in the Anglican church.
EDWARD STUART
PRIEST
Vicar and Founder
of
St.MARY MAGDALENE
MUNSTER SQUARE
BORN 31st MAY 1820
DIED 15TH FEBRUARY 1877
AGED 56 YEARS
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The Hall Vault (M) The Hall Family were prominent in Willesden from 1806 when James became owner of the Grove Neasden. He served on the Vestry for many years, actively promoting the restoration of the Church and establishing the first local school. His sons Henry and Cheslyn were Lincolns Inn attorneys, solicitors and farmers. They ran into financial difficulties and had to sell the Grove in 1856. Shortly afterwards, they left the district. In the Hall Vault lie James and his wife Sarah, and some of their children; Francis, Lydia, and Anne. The Knapp Vault (N) The only inscription remaining on the Knapp Family vault is to the one-time vicar Dr.Henry John Knapp. The other facings are badly worn. There is a plaque in the church stating that Rev. Knapp's remains "are interred beneath this tablet". An extant bill shows that the priests body was removed from church to churchyard in Oct.1852.
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VICAR OF THIS PARISH
AND SUB-DEAN
OF ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL.
DIED 18 JULY 1850
AGED 71
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Two other Victorian vaults exist nearby; those of Mary Belemore and of Thomas Philpott and family.
