Maria Elizabeth Hopkins
- Born: 13 Jul 1855, Dover, Kent, England 1
- Christened: 3 Aug 1855, St. James, Dover, Kent, England 1
- Married: 13 Jul 1880, All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent, England 2
- Died: 14 Jun 1923, Strood Park near Horsham, Sussex, England
- Buried: 18 Jun 1923, St. Mary, Horsham, Sussex, England 3
 Research Notes:
Maria Elizabeth daughter of Edwin Thomas Hopkins of this parish, packer porter, and Maria (baptismal record)
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Maria Elizabeth Lampard of Broadbridge Heath died aged 67 years (burial record).
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Tragedy near Horsham.
AGED COUPLE DROWNED IN STROOD PARK.
Tragic details in connection with a double fatality at Strood Park, the residence of Mr. W. M. Strachan, on Thursday evening, were reported to Mr. F. W. Butler the Coroner for the district, yesterday (Friday) morning, and an inquest will be held at 11 o'clock this (Saturday) morning at the Shelley Arms, Broadbridge Heath.
About two years ago Thomas Lampard, aged 69, a pensioner of the Great Eastern Railway, and his wife Maria Elizabeth Lampard, aged 67, came to live with the son-in-law and daughter (Mrs. Eggs) at Lynwood Cottages, Broadbridge Heath, and have apparently been left alone in the house during the greater part of the day, as Mr. Eggs, a bus conductor, is away the greater part of the week, and Mrs. Eggs is often away at work. It seems that the last-named left home at nine on Thursday morning to go to work at Field Place, leaving the old couple apparently in their usual good spirits. She returned at about 5.30, and as they were not in, concluded that they had gone for a walk, though it seemed strange. At 6.15 she heard that both had been found in Strood Lake. A search in the bedrooms for any clue to the mystery has resulted in the finding of a note, in the man's hand-writing, to the effect that they "could put up with it no longer."
Further enquiries show that Eric Norman, a baker residing at Smith's Hill Farm, Slinfold, was passing by Strood Lake at 4.40 p.m., going in the direction of the residence, when he saw a man and woman standing by the side of the lake where the overflow runs from the large lake to the smaller one. When they saw him they walked on, and were standing talking when he passed. A few minutes later, George Hillman, cowman at Strood Park Lodge, when returning from the house to the farm, saw two persons floating face downward some eight or ten yards from the north side of the lake. He at once ran back to the house and gave the alarm. P. C. Rolfe, who is stationed at Broadbridge Heath, received a telephone message at about five o'clock, and he and P. C. Hubbard reached the scene in a few minutes. Mrs. Lampard had been got out of the water and her husband was being lifted out by employees on the estate. Artificial respiration was at once tried by the policemen and continued when Supt. W. H. Beacher and P. C. Dapson arrived. Dr. E. C. Bradford, who was also at the spot early, believed the woman could be restored and worked hard for sometime, but without success.
The bodies were removed to the Shelley Arms, Broadbridge Heath. Mr. and Mrs. Lampard have been about together a good deal and gave one the impression of being a most affectionate couple. Their tragic end has created a sensation in the village.
West Sussex County Times, 16 June 1923, p. 8
Marriage Information:
Maria married Thomas Lampard, son of Thomas Lampard and Jane Chester, on 13 Jul 1880 in All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent, England. (Thomas Lampard was born in 1853 in Maidstone, Kent, England, christened on 11 Dec 1853 in Holy Trinity, Maidstone, Kent, England, died on 14 Jun 1923 in Strood Park near Horsham, Sussex, England, and was buried on 18 Jun 1923 in St. Mary, Horsham, Sussex, England, aged 69 years.)
Marriage Notes:
Thomas Lampard, age 26, bachelor, baker, resident of Parrots Lane, son of Thomas Lampard, baker, and
Maria Elizabeth Hopkins, age 25, spinster, daughter of Edwin Thomas Hopkins, fly driver
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