Madge June Quayle - Glen Mona, Isle of Man - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

A memorial tablet in Christ Church, The Dhoon, Glen Mona, Isle of Man.

This simple rectangular white marble tablet is affixed to the southern interior wall of the church and is inscribed in black-lettering with the following dedication:
“IN MEMORY OF
MADGE JUNE QUAYLE
OF RHENAB MAUGHOLD
25TH JUNE 1930,
5TH MARCH 1988,
FROM THE PEOPLE
OF THE PARISH."

‘Rhenab’ referred to in the above dedication is a reference to Rhenab Farm and today the farm is home to the Manx Carriage Driving Experience. (visit link)

The family name 'Quayle' is very common on the Island and from National Census returns for the late 19th Century and early 20th Century it is clear that the Quayle family had associations with several farms in Maughold including Dreemskerry, Ballajora and Rhenab Farm.

There is evidence from a headstone in a local cemetery that John Edward Quayle and his wife, Maria Jane were at Rhenab Farm, during Madge’s lifetime, and so may well have been related to Madge. (visit link)

John Edward died on 2nd March 1955, aged 66, and Maria Jane died on 23 March 1962, aged 80 years.

This Church is one of three churches in the Parish of Maughold the others being The Church of St. Pauls in Ramsey and Kirk Maughold.

It was built as a chapel-of-ease to Maughold but is now in shared Anglican and Methodist use.

The foundation stone of Christ Church was laid in June 1854 and the Church was consecrated in December 1855. The Church was built by Callow and Looney to a design by Ewan Christian of London, it cost £730. Architecturally is a reworking Christians style if Romanesque and so the windows and door openings are round headed not pointed. The interior is still largely unchanged from the original. The funds were largely provided by Mrs Saltmarshe and her daughters (Mr Saltmarshe had been the largest contributor to St. Thomas's Church Douglas.

The original 'Dhoon Church' was built around 1836 at the Dhoon Bridge which is about a mile to the south - and the name was transferred to the new church at Glen Mona (which has caused confusion ever since).

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source: Churches of Man by Jonathan Kewley (ISBN 978-1-899602-82-7)

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Location: Christ Church, The Dhoon, Glen Mona, Isle of Man. Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed

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