that's the problem I don't think that the date is as good as it should be! I have been about 6 inches from the stone and when you are looking at it the date is not as clear as it first appears... very confusing!
Julie They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
My guess is someone who died in 1856 aged 80. Have seen that older style script in the 1800's on my family's stones in a country churchyard. Presumably like fashions, the country folks were way behind the city smart set. Left to his own devices, a country stone mason may have stuck to the style he was taught as a young apprentice.
My guess is someone who died in 1856 aged 80. Have seen that older style script in the 1800's on my family's stones in a country churchyard. Presumably like fashions, the country folks were way behind the city smart set. Left to his own devices, a country stone mason may have stuck to the style he was taught as a young apprentice.
thanks GL, certainly throws things in to the mix!
Julie They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
Had another look yesterday and took a fuller picture, am a little unsure as to what I am seeing... [well, I know what I am seeing just want others opinions]
Julie They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
Hmmm! the only reason your original photo part has survived is because it has sunk underground. Looking at that I wouldn't be surprised at a 1556 date. It really doesn't fit with 1856 in my opinion.
Anne
The letters above the date are T M. The line above that starts with a J and possibly ends in an O. Could it be Jethro?
As to the middle two digits in the date, they are different. The first is an 8, the second a 5. Look closely at the tops of the digits and the left side of their bottoms. Different shapes. The top right of the 8 has not been carved, exactly the same as the 8 in the age line beneath.
When I was in Suffolk grave hunting a lot of the headstone there had full narrative on the front and on the back just the initials of the people buried. Not sure why. This looks very similar. Just wondering if it is a handmade headstone with initials and year of death on. Could the top be J M then a date underneath 1--0 and the bottom T M 1856 as mentioned above.
Lin
Searching Lowe, Everitt, Hurt and Dunns in Nottingham
does anyone else see anything next to the top M? and also directly below the top M too?
The stone was left in the ground with a good 6 inches sticking up out of the soil when the council moved 'most' of the headstones in the churchyard. presumably they didn't move this as it would be too much hassle to dig it out to move it? [there is also a theory that the stone and other select ones] were left in situ to act as 'markers' on the parish graveyard plan to act as reference points.
Julie They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
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