Headstone 296
~ Sandstone ~ Curved top with contoured shoulders

- Charles Eveleigh A’Lee 1783 – 10 November 1860
- Aged 77 years
- Brother of John A’Lee
- Parish Records show
- Buried 14 November 1860
- of Polperro
- John A’Lee 1780 – 1 September 1847
- Aged 67 years

In the 16th century the Manor of Talland was the home of the Murth / Morth(e) family, and is referred to in the ‘Survey of Cornwall’ by Richard Carew (1552-1602). In 1745 the daughter & heiress Margery Morth marries John Woollcombe – on the Tithe Map of 1840, Charles A’Lee (1783-1860) was renting the farm and house from the Woollcombe family.


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