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Blind Peter Barker
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Jane Ridsdale
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Amy Woodforde-Finden
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Amy Woodforde-Finden Centenary Events (2)
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Clough

Clough Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a precipitous slope Middle English clo(u)gh clou clew (Old English clōh) ‘ravine steep-sided valley’ or a habitational name from a place called with this word for example in Lancashire Cumbria or Yorkshire. English: in the East Midlands East Anglia and southeastern England probably more often a variant of Clow .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Slough, Plough, Crouch, Cloud, Couch, Loud, Louth, Bough, Rough
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 667

Faculty

Plot No. 668

James Leslie Clough 2010

Plot No. 772

Sarah Ann Clough 1956
Harry Clough 1966

Clough Faculty Plot 667

James Leslie CLOUGH Plot 668

Sarah Ann CLOUGH Plot 772

Inscription

Faculty

James Leslie
Clough
1st April 1926 – 9th August 2010
Rest In Peace

Treasured
Memories Of
A Dear Wife And Mother
Sarah Ann
Wife Of Harry Clough Of Stainburn
Died August 3rd 1956
Aged 64 Years
“Till We Meet Again”
Also Harry Clough
Dear Husband Of The Above
Died August 30th 1966
Aged 70 Years

Plot No.773

James Clough 1960
Kathleen Mabel Clough 1989

Plot No. 775

Mary Elizabeth Clough 1974

Plot No. 931

Benjamin Joseph Clough 1908
Martha Clough 1938

James CLOUGH Plot 773

Mary Elizabeth CLOUGH Plot 775

Benjiman Joseph CLOUGH Plot 931

Inscription

In Memory Of
James Clough
Died 10.12.1960
Aged 69
And
Kathleen Mabel
Clough
His Loving Wife
Died 17-4-1989
Aged 89
Rest In Peace

In
Loving Memory
Of
Mary Elizabeth
Clough
Died 21st April 1974
Aged 78 Years
Dear Wife Of
Fred Clough

In Loving Memory Of
Benjamin Joseph Clough
Of Clarence House Hampsthwaite
Who Died Oct 25 1908 Aged 65 Years
Also Martha, Wife Of The Above
Died Sept 28th 1938 Aged 71 Years
At Rest

Plot No. 2001

Thomas Clough 1926
Ellen Clough 1990

Felliscliffe

Richard Robert Clough 2021

Inscription

In Loving Memory Of
Thomas Clough
Beloved Son Of
Benjamin Joseph And Maria Clough
Of Hampsthwaite
Who Died April 24 1926
Also
Ellen Clough
Sister Of The Above
Who Died June11th 1990 Aged 88 Years

Unmarked

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
2001	Thomas CLOUGH	27 April 1926	28
772	Sarah Ann CLOUGH	3 August 1956	64
775	Mary Elizabeth CLOUGH	21 April 1974	78
#	Mary Anne CLOUGH	2 April 1843	< 1
931	Martha CLOUGH	28 September 1938	71
#	Madge Constance CLOUGH	11 September 1934	36
773	Kathleen Mabel CLOUGH	17 April 1989	89
668	James Leslie CLOUGH	9 August 2010	84
773	James CLOUGH	10 December 1960	69
772	Harry CLOUGH	30 August 1966	70
667	Faculty CLOUGH	-	0
2001	Ellen CLOUGH	14 June 1990	79
931	Benjiman Joseph CLOUGH	28 October 1908	65
#	Ann CLOUGH	3 July 1839	0
Felliscliffe	Richard Robert CLOUGH	18 April 2021	77

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