Like many parts of the country, each village experienced its own natural disaster and the village
of Potterspury's was an outbreak of Cholera during the later part of 1854. In total 20 people died as a result of
the outbreak. Eliza Wootton and her daughters Phobe and Eliza died and were buried together in the Cemetery on
the 6th October 1954. Although of the same family name another 3 Wootton's died during October and were also
buried in the Cemetery.
As you can see from the table below are people who lost their lives to this outbreak. This information was
taken from the Parish Records
Date |
Name |
Surname |
Age |
27/09/1854 |
Susannah |
MEAKINS |
63 |
27/09/1853 |
John |
MORRIS |
40 |
29/09/1854 |
Ellen |
WILLIAMS |
5 |
29/09/1854 |
Henry |
JACKSON |
8 |
01/10/1854 |
Emma |
GREEN |
5 |
02/10/1854 |
Mary |
STEWART |
3 |
06/10/1854 |
Eliza |
WOOTTON |
37 |
06/10/1854 |
Phobe |
WOOTTON |
7 |
06/10/1854 |
Eliza |
WOOTTON |
2 |
08/10/1854 |
Emma |
GREEN |
2 |
09/10/1854 |
Stephen |
TAPP |
3 |
14/10/1854 |
Ellen |
WOOTTON |
16 |
20/10/1854 |
Newman |
RATCLIFFE |
81 |
20/10/1854 |
Jesse |
PACKER |
2 |
22/10/1854 |
Euphemia |
WOOTTON |
6 |
23/10/1854 |
Charles |
WOOTTON |
3 |
07/11/1854 |
Ellen |
SANDERS |
3 |
20/11/1854 |
Rachel |
PRICE |
17 |
22/11/1854 |
Phabe |
WOODWARD |
60 |
28/11/1854 |
Robert |
PRICE |
4 |
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