38 James and Elizabeth Davies

Date recorded:  8/9/09

Inscription

SACRED to the memory of
James Davies
who departed this life
Dec 20th 18?0
Aged 77
ALSO
To the memory of
Elizabeth wife of
James Davies
who died Aug. 8th, 1820,
Aged 62 years

(On broken Fragment)
1  Let man no mo..
2  The life that must
3  But by true Faith
4  And seek those Mansions

 

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Earliest date (of death):  1820

Type of monument:  Headstone, flat with semicircular central feature & concave shoulders

Dimensions (in millimetres):

  a) monument/headstone:  height:  1180  breadth:  940  thickness:  100

  b) base:  heightbreadththickness:

  c) kerbs:  height:  breadththickness:

  d) footstone:  heightbreadththickness:

Orientation of monument/headstone:  West facing

Material:  Sandstone

Condition:  Broken, lying flat, overgrown

Number of surfaces bearing:  a) decoration:  1  b) inscription:  1

Type of decoration:  Symbolic, scrollwork termination in foliage and including flowers

Decorative motif/s:  flowers, leaves, vegetation, scrollwork, urn

Technique/s used for decoration:  Relief

Condition of decoration:  Sound

Technique/s used for inscription:  Relief

Condition of inscription:  some decipherable, some illegible or vanished

Name of mason:  Davies Clun

Notes:  18?0 possibly 1880, date of death Elizabeth 1820 from register

Measurements difficult to confirm.

 



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