31 Minnie, David, & Blodwen Evans

Date recorded:  8/9/09

Inscription

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MINNIE,
BELOVED WIFE OF D.S. EVANS
“CARTREE”,
WHO DIED TO LIVE
SEPT. 20TH 1936
IN HER 73RD YEAR
ALSO OF
David
BELOVED HUSBAND
OF ABOVE
DIED OCT. 20TH 1957.
AGED 94 YEARS.
R.I.P.

(on slab inside kerbed area)

ALSO OF BLODWEN M. Evans,
MAY 17TH 1966.
AGED 69 YEARS

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Earliest date (of death):  1936

Type of monument:  Wedge shaped slab, flat headstone, kerbs, white infill chippings

Dimensions (in millimetres):

  a) monument/headstone:  height:  870  breadth:  620  thickness:  105

  b) slab:  length:  450  breadth:  354  depth:  110

  c) kerbs:  height: 185  breadththickness:

  d) footstone:  heightbreadththickness:

Orientation of monument/headstone:  East facing

Material:  Red granite

Condition:  Sound, in place

Number of surfaces bearing:  a) decoration: 1 (headstone)   b) inscription:  2 (1 on headstone, 1 on slab)

Type of decoration:  Architectural

Decorative motif/s:  Leaves, vegetation

Technique/s used for decoration:  Relief

Condition of decoration:  Sound

Technique/s used for inscription:  Raised leaded letters

Condition of inscription:  Clear but worn

Name of mason:  Leach & Son NEWTOWN (on small metal plate screwed to base of stone)

Notes:  Headstone- polished panels for inscription and decoration

Slab inside kerbed area, top face polished

Kerbs unpolished, on sandstone base



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