Memorial No. | 98 |
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Surname(s) | THOMSON, BICKERTON |
Memorial Type (1) | 2 Headstone on plinth |
Number Commemorated | 3 |
Material | Stone, Sandstone |
Stonemason | |
Number of Components | 1 |
Condition of Monument (3) | 1 Sound, in situ. Tulips bunch above inscription. |
Condition of Inscription (4) | 2 Clear but worn |
Dimensions in mm | H 1730 x W 885 x D 410 |
Orientation (2) | 2 |
Faces Inscribed (2) | 2 |
Technique of Inscription | Incised |
Inscription 1 | IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER THOMSON BORN 24TH AUGUST 1785 DIED 27TH JUNE 1873 AND MARY HIS SISTER BORN 10TH NOVR 1790 DIED 26TH FEBY 1857 AND JANE BICKERTON HIS WIFE BORN 2ND JUNE 1815 DIED 27TH DECEMBER 1909 |
Inscription 2 | "A SUCCOURER OF MANY" ROMANS XVI,2 ---------------------------------- on plinth: HE AFTER HE HAD SERVED HIS OWN GENERATION BY THE WILL OF GOD FELL ON SLEEP. ACTS XIII 36 ASLEEP IN JESUS. |
(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed
Information recorded 18/06/1984 by J HEPBURN
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