A Short History Of Hanham Baptist Church | Page 7

The plaque at Hanham Mount honouring the Baptist field preachers. The plaque reads: “From 1655 to 1684, persecuted Bristol Baptists preached in Hanham Woods to the people of this neighbourhood. The preachers often swam the flooded Avon and risked imprisonment and death for their faith. The Old Baptist Chapel Mary Perryman's gravestone. The inscription reads: “This is the stone that spilt my precious blood: Mary Perryman, the daughter of Martha and Jacob Perryman. Died February 19th 1783. Aged 7 years. COOLE GRAVESTONE, IT READS: “Sacred to the memory of Sarah Coole wife of Samuel Coole who died of the Malignant Cholera after a few hours illness, November 28th 1832 aged 55 years. Also of Ruth Coole their daughter who died of the same awful disease, November 24th 1832 aged 12 years.