I'd never heard of a Belvoir Angel gravestone until the other day when someone posted a picture in an fb group. Instantly it made me think of a gravestone to my 6th great grandmother Mary Goulson at Ropsley so I added an image and bingo, it's got the angel on it. They were only carved for a period of about 70-80 years (late 1600's to mid 1700's), and there were around 320-330 located during a survey in the 1970's.
One was found at Ropsley in Lincs though somehow the stone to Mary was missed at the time. She married her husband at Upper Broughton which has a total of 34 Belvoir Angel stones (the largest known number anywhere).
Belvoir Angels | Hickling Local History Group (hicklingnottslocalhistory.com)
Mary Goulson (Mary Page), Ropsley, Lincs. by Glen Jones, on Flickr
One was found at Ropsley in Lincs though somehow the stone to Mary was missed at the time. She married her husband at Upper Broughton which has a total of 34 Belvoir Angel stones (the largest known number anywhere).
Belvoir Angels | Hickling Local History Group (hicklingnottslocalhistory.com)
Mary Goulson (Mary Page), Ropsley, Lincs. by Glen Jones, on Flickr
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