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