Memorial No. 173
Surname(s)BALFOUR
Memorial Type (1)2
Number Commemorated 1
MaterialStone, Marble
StonemasonR. HENDERSON
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)2 Sound, displaced. On marble base, detached - 770x260x260.
Condition of Inscription (4)1 Mint
Dimensions in mmH 1320 x W 620 x D 13
Orientation (2)8
Faces Inscribed (2)8
Technique of InscriptionLead lettering
Inscription 1
IN MEMORY
OF
ALEXANDER BALFOUR
FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS
A MERCHANT IN KIRKCALDY & MARKINCH
WHO DIED 21ST MAY 1914
AGED 85 YEARS
HE LIVED AND DIED WITH THE RESPECT
OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM.


ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER IN LONDON.
Notes

(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 17/10/1983 by R SHARP