Memorial Tablet Bowdon Church

MONUMENTAL TABLET TO THE LATE E J LLOYD, Esq - The tablet to the memory of the late lamented Edward Jeremiah Lloyd Esq has recently been placed in the chancel of Bowdon Church. The memorial is a mural monument of statuary marble, upon a black marble ground. Its design is Gothic, richly canopied, and supported by buttresses; it is eight feet high by four feet wide and is placed just within the chancel arch, facing towards the east. Within the centre canopy are the arms and crest of the deceased gentleman; and underneath is the following inscription:

To the memory of Edward Jeremiah Lloyd Esq of Oldfield Hall, a magistrate of the counties of Chester and Lancaster, and a captain in the Earl of Chester's yeomanry; who closed an exemplary and useful life on the 3rd day of July, 1850 in the 61st year of his age. Distinguished by the urbanity of his manner and the kindness of his disposition, no less than by his undeviating honour and exact sense of justice, - accessible and benevolent to the poor, considerate and attentive to all - he engaged in a remarkable degree the affections, while he commanded the respect of every class of society. To testify their appreciation of his work, and to record so eminent an example of excellence, the inhabitants of this neighbourhood, and the members of the corps to which he belonged have caused this tablet to be erected.

The design for the monument was furnished by Mr Richard Lane, architect; and it has been executed by Messrs Millers and Company of Stanley Street, Salford. Its effect is said to be very beautiful and the workmanship is of the first order. [Manchester Guardian Saturday 26 April 1851 Page 9]

Reference           Manchester Guardian Saturday 26 April 1851 Page 9 (District News: Altrincham)