Memorial No. 258
Surname(s)CHALMERS, PRATT
Memorial Type (1)2
Number Commemorated 4
MaterialStone, Sandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ, stone flaking badly.
Condition of Inscription (4)3 Mainly decipherable
Dimensions in mmH 1910 x W 1090 x D 100
Orientation (2)8
Faces Inscribed (2)8
Technique of InscriptionIncised, part italic
Inscription 1
ERECTED
IN MEMORY
--LEXANDER CHALMERS
WHO DIED ON THE 22ND APRIL 1820
IN THE ----OF HIS LOV--
TO THE UNIVERS-L REGRET OF HIS
NEIGHBOURHOOD- AND
DEEP AFFLICTION OF HIS RELATIVES
FOR MANY -- DAYS ARE AS GR-- AS A
FLOWER OF THE FIELD HE FLOURISHETH FOR
Inscription 2
FOR THE WIND PA-- OVER IT AND IT IS GONE
AND THE PLACE THEREOF SHALL KNOW IT NO MORE

ALSO OF HELEN CHALMERS HIS DAUGHTER
WHO DIED 1ST JUNE 1825 AGED 14 MONTHS
ALSO OF HELEN PRATT HIS WIFE
BORN 22ND NOVR. 1789
DIED 26TH NOVR. 1877
ELIZABETH HALL CHALMERS
BORN 5TH MARCH 1822
DIED 20TH JUNE 1885
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 20/06/1983 by R SHARP