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.. ↩︎
Address : Latitude: 51.781171429894, Longitude: -0.30321836471558
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  THRALE, Rose | 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 | 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 |