Grave of Champion Murgatroyd & Family

Heptonstall Parish Church

In Memory of     MARY ANN DAUGHTER OF CHAMPION AND SARAH MURGATROYD OF HANGING ROYD, WHO DIED FEBy 26th 1828 AGED 3 YEARS     ALSO OF THOMAS THEIR SON, WHO DIED AT BREARLEY, APRIL 9th 1838 AGED 9 WEEKS     ALSO OF CHAMPION MURGATROYD FATHER OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED AT MAYROYD MILL, APRIL 17th 1872 IN HIS 75th YEAR     ALSO SARAH, RELICT OF THE AFORESAID CHAMPION MURGATROYD. WHO DIED AT HANGING ROYD OCTOBER 26th 1880 IN THE 81st YEAR OF HER AGE.     ALSO IN MEMORY OF MARY, THE BELOVED WIFE OF CHAMPION MURGATROYD JUNr OF CLIFF HOUSE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 7th 1875, AGED 44 YEARS.     ALSO OF JOHN MURGATROYD, ELDER BROTHER OF THE ABOVE SAID CHAMPION MURGATROYD JUNr WHO DIED OCTOBER 13th 1886 AGED 63 YEARS.     ALSO OF CHAMPION MURGATROYD, OF THORN BANK, (FORMERLY OF CLIFF HOUSE,) WHO DIED 22nd FEBy 1901 AGED 72 YEARS     ALSO OF HENRY MURGATROYD THOMAS OF HANGINGROYD HOUSE, SON OF CHAMPION MURGATROYD SENr, WHO DIED 13th SEP 1910, IN HIS 69th YEAR