59 Alice and Joseph Benson

Date recorded:  8/9/09

Inscription

IN SACRED MEMORY OF A DEAR WIFE AND SWEET MOTHER
ALICE BENSON OF <PENN-Y-WERN>
DIED 6TH JANY 1941
AGED 69 YEARS
‘THY GOD HIMSELF THE PRINCE OF PEACE BE WITH THEE’
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH M BENSON
PEN Y WERN DIED 23RD JANUARY 1949
AGED 80 YEARS “HE IS LOVE”

 

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Earliest date (of death):  1941

Type of monument:  DOUBLE – two small monuments with kerb, flat headstone, kerbs, posts at 3 corners

Dimensions (in millimetres):

  a) monument/headstone:  height:  440  breadth:  310  thickness:  50

  b) flower urns:  height:  250  breadth:  480  thickness:  180

  c) kerbs:  height:  breadth:  1810  thickness:  1915

  d) cornerstones:  height:  200  breadth:  150  thickness:  150

Orientation of monument/headstone:  East facing

Material:  White marble

Condition:  Sound, in place

Number of surfaces bearing:  a) decoration:  2  b) inscription:  2

Type of decoration:  Symbolic

Decorative motif/s:  Flowers

Technique/s used for decoration:  Relief

Condition of decoration:  Worn

Technique/s used for inscription:  Relief, lead appliqué

Condition of inscription:  Mostly decipherable

Name of mason:  No

Notes:  Stone flower containers attached to headstone one on each stone to right with flower engraving

 



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