Headstone 89
~ Slate ~ Neoclassical rounded top, symbolic illustrations of angel head, hour glass and heart
- Reginold Barrett 1766 – 14 June 1769
- Aged 3 years
- son of Reginold & Filley Barrett
- of Polperro
- William Barrett 1769 – 3 February 1770
- Aged 13 months
- Jane Jasper 1787 – 1 August 1865
- Aged 78 years
- Grade II Listed stone SX 25 SW 4/101
- Listing: 1160954
- historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos
- IOE01/13350/35
Grade II Listed Headstone was re-sited after a landslide in the churchyard
6m to west of east entrance to churchyard
Headstone. 1770. In memory of William and Reginold sons of Reginold and Filley Barrett. Slate headstone with round-head. Decorated with head of angel, finger pointing at hour glass and figure blowing arrows at a heart. Inscribed with lower case lettering with serifs. Verse below:
“Lament not for we our Mother So Dear. no more in Vain
If you have Lost tis we have Gain. we are gone to see
Our Dearest Friends that Dweell Above. then will we go
And all our Friends that Dweell in Christ below
Will Soon Come after we”
Talland Church Headstones 
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