Date recorded: 10/10/09
Inscription
In Loving
Memory
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RICHARD PREECE
(OF KNUCKLAS)
WHO DIED JUNE 9TH 1907
AGED 89 YEARS.
ALSO JANE, WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANRY 7TH 1907.
AGED 75 YEARS
BRIGHT IS HER GLORY NOW,
BOUNDLESS HER JOY ABOVE;
WHERE ON THE BOSOM OF HER GOD
SHE RESTS IN PERFECT LOVE.
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Earliest date (of death): 1907
Type of monument: Headstone, sinuous top, kerbs
Dimensions (in millimetres):
monument/headstone: height: 1525 breadth: 760 thickness: 76
Orientation of monument/headstone: East facing
Material: White marble
Condition: Sound, in place, very slight backwards lean
Number of surfaces bearing: a) decoration: 1 b) inscription: 1
Type of decoration: Symbolic
Decorative motif/s: Flowers & leaves
Technique/s used for decoration: high relief
Condition of decoration: Sound
Technique/s used for inscription: Lead appliqué
Condition of inscription: Mint
Name of mason: E.GOUGH
Notes: Inscription is on raised carved panel.
Kerbs of monument nos. 185, 186, 187 displaced – some were moved when path built and used to edge Garden of Remembrance (source of information Dr Ackerman)