Monument Details

 

  Left hand cross
  Sandstone Engraved
   
  Cross: East face: IHS // Wide base of cross: In / Loving Memory / of / Thomas Long / who died October 26 + 1878 / aged 59 years. / Also of / Sarah, wife of above / who died November 21 + 1899 / aged 80 years //
   
  Good, upright headstone, a little weathering on MI
  ChNW2a
    Thomas was son of a Cutler & Bellhanger of Basingstoke. He was a Master Ironmonger & cutler of 138 Bartholomew St. He married Sarah Franklin of Greenham. Sarah was a housekeeper to a relative before her marriage. When Sarah was widowed she loved in Madeira Place, describing herself as a Retired Ironmonger. Her grandson, Thomas Charles, lived with her there for a time when he was at school.
   
  01 November 2017
  EAC
 

Persons named on this monument.

Thomas LONG  
Sarah LONG  

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