Thrale history
Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
Tree: UK Thrale family
Notes:
It is believed that a wooden church was likely located here in the year 796. The oldest extant part of the church is believed to date back to the year 946. A stone-built church was established in Sandridge by at least 1119.
Thrale headstones
Numerous Thrales are buried here; thrale.com has:
- some headstones (photographed by David Thrale on 12 August 2000); and
- a complete record of headstones as of 1989 from the publication Sandridge Monumental Inscriptions.
Headstones extant as of 1989, with an unknown relationship to those on this family tree
- Thrale, R
- Thrale, Ralph
- Thrale, S (Mrs) died Mar 1781
- Thrale, Thomas, d 1803
Headstones removed before 1909
From a 1909 survey by W.B. Gerish:- Thrale (forename unknown) aged 10
- Thrale (forename unknown) died 26 February 18061
- Thrale A died in 1801
- Thrale E died in 1803
- Thrale George died 4 April 1811, aged 70
Parish Priests and Curates
This is a more complete and up-to-date list from 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
- Possibly - but not definitively - Elizabeth Thrale.. ↩︎

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 Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | |
![]() | 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 Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | |
![]() | Headstone of Richard Thrale and Mary Manfield Restored in 1960 by his descendants. |
Histories | ![]() | Historic Sandridge. The story of a Hertfordshire parish (1952). The first substantial chronicle of Thrale history, written by Richard Thrale (1931-2007) & E. Giles. Reproduced in full with consent of the author. |
![]() | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | |
![]() | Hertfordshire Monumental Inscriptions - Sandridge. 1990. MI Series No. 34. Hertfordshire Family & Population History Society. |
Christening
Matches 1 to 47 of 47
Death
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s) ![]() |
Death ![]() |
Person ID | Tree | |
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1 | ![]() | 1653 | I152 | UK Thrale family |
Burial
Matches 1 to 45 of 45
Baptism
Matches 1 to 5 of 5
Last Name, Given Name(s) ![]() |
Baptism ![]() |
Person ID | Tree | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 24 Nov 1818 | I565 | UK Thrale family |
2 | ![]() | 13 Mar 1828 | I537 | UK Thrale family |
3 | ![]() | 28 Jul 1755 | I599 | UK Thrale family |
4 | ![]() | 5 Jun 1825 | I526 | UK Thrale family |
5 | ![]() | 7 Sep 1746 | I597 | UK Thrale family |
Religion
Matches 1 to 5 of 5
Last Name, Given Name(s) ![]() |
Religion ![]() |
Person ID | Tree | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Between 1736 and 1768 | I441 | UK Thrale family |
2 | ![]() | Between 1768 and 1812 | I595 | UK Thrale family |
3 | ![]() | I534 | UK Thrale family | |
4 | ![]() | I46061 | UK Thrale family | |
5 | ![]() | 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 |