St. Leonards Church, Streatham
Thrale family vault
Thrale family vault - larger central coffin is Henry Thrale's Church crypt, St Leonard’s, Streatham. Photo: Tony Nunn. Click on image to enlarge.
St. Leonards Church, Streatham, was the church attended by descendants of Ralph Thrale during the time that they lived at Streatham Park.
The Thrale family vault was under the south aisle of the church and the covering slab is still there. However, the family remains were removed to the new catacomb at the time of the rebuilding of the church in 1831-2. The remains are still there and were respectfully filmed by the BBC in 2001.
Ralph Thrale the elder, Mrs. Salusbury, Henry Thrale, Henry junior, Sophia, and Cecilia were all buried in the family vault , besides Frances, Penelope, Anna Maria, Lucy Elizabeth, Frances Anna, and Henrietta Sophia, who all died in early childhood and who have no monuments. Susannah Thrale is buried in the churchyard, where her nephew Thomas Arthur Bertie Mostyn, Cecilia’s son, who raised the monument to her, is also buried.
Monument to Henry Thrale
Henry Thrale’s (1730 - 4/8/1781) memorial St Leonards Church, Streatham, London. Transcribed epitaph (written by Samuel Johnson).
A monument to Henry Thrale is located in St. Leonard’s Church, Streatham, London. It was erected on 20 September 1782 .
The tablet is on the wall of the south aisle of St. Leonard’s church, between the door of the choir vestry and the window.
Monument to Hester Maria Cotton
Epitaph for Hester Maria Cotton St Leonards Church, Streatham, London.
