Talland Church Headstones

Headstone 78

~ Slate ~ Curved top and square shoulders

Listing of Grade II Tombstone, has errors

12m to east of Chancel of Church of St Tallanus - now moved inside church. Headstone. 1788. In memory of William and Susanna Mark. Slate headstone with nowy-head. Lower case lettering with serifs.

Dear Parents cease to mourn or weep For in this Grave I lyeth Deep And left a painful word behind Gone for Glory for to find

Inscription Actually Reads:

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Lie the remains of John

the ƒon of William and

Susanna Mark of this Pa

riƒh who dies the 29 day

of March 1788 Aged 6 Mo

~

Dear Parents ceaƒe to mourn or weep

For in this Grave I ƒweetly ƒleep

And left a ƒinful World behind

A Crown of Glory for to find