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Monument Details
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Large headstone |
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Sandstone. Engraved. |
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Headstone: In Loving Memory of / Lily Swindon / who died Dec. 26th. 1877. / aged 6 months. / E.A.S. died Sept. 18th. 1880. / aged 3 months. // S.P.S. died June 15th. 1882 / aged 9 months. / R.A.S. died Nov. 21st. 1883 / aged 14 months. / "He laid his hands on them". Matt. 19.15./ The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away, / Blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 1. 21. //
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Headstone broken off base and in three pieces. Laid flat & pieced together.Lichen growth on engraving making deciphering difficult but not impossible. |
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WA41 |
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AT RISK of pieces of headstone being displaced. Initials only given for the 3 younger children. Source of Christian names for EA, SP & RA: birth & death: records via Ancestry.co.uk. Source of biblical refs checked with King James bible. Father Charles was a plumber, lived with wife Jane, nee Rogers, in Shrewsbury Tce Source: 1881 census
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12 October 2012 |
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EAC |
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Persons named on this monument.
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