Other restored headstones

The Friends restore and repair headstones for notable people in Gainsborough. We’ll be adding to this list as the headstones are completed.

Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond made the first crank and pedal bicycle. His grave didn’t have a headstone and with money kindly left to us by the late Peter Bradshaw, we decided to have a headstone installed.

Henry Dickenson Marshall

Henry was joint managing director with his brother, James, of Marshall, & Sons company in Gainsborough. Henry was keen on technical education, this later became the Marshalls Technical School. Classes included Painting and Drawing, French and Wood-Carving.

Fanny Maria Craven

Fanny Craven is best known for the Hall in Gainsborough named after her. She was involved in many local causes including St. John Ambulance.

Charles Milner

Charles Milner drowned in the Trent after the boat he and Edward Smith were in, capsized. He was a member of the Gainsborough Rowing Club.

Ann Eaton

Canon Elliot’s Housekeeper. Her headstone was paid for by some of the pupils she looked after.

William Cross Furley

William was a shipbuilder. He built two vessels in 1861 – ‘Voringen’ and ‘Aberystwyth’ and joined the Trent and Humber Ship Building Company Limited.

William Hargrave Caldicott

William started the the ‘Gainsborough Advertiser’ and the ‘Retford, Worksop, Isle of Axholme, and Gainsborough News’ newspapers.

His printing and publishing business was based in the Market Place.

Thomas Lister

Thomas was an architect with an long career that included working as an engineer on the Carr Lane railway bridge, as assistant to the famous railway Stephensons, and as a ship builder.