Headstone 341
~ Slate ~ Neoclassical with flat top
- James Toms 1831 – 29 December 1860
- Aged 29 years
- of West Looe
- Father of James Angear Toms
- ‘Who was drowned in Cawsand Bay’
- “Ye living men the voice regard, Which issues from the tomb, It bids you seize the present hour, Tomorrow death may come”
- Parish Records show
- Buried 2 January 1861
- Aged 30 years
- James Angear Toms 1857 – 20 January 1858
- Aged 2 months
- Possible connection to Headstone 127
- Possible connection to Headstone 154
The schooner ‘Speedwell’ was driven ashore and wrecked in Cawsand Bay with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from St Germans, Cornwall to Cardiff. Four men were buried at Talland Church on the same day, on 2 January 1861.
“The crew consisted of a mate (James Toms), aged 34, who is married and has one child…”
The Royal Cornwall Gazette, 4 January 1861
- Talland Church Marriage
- James Toms, sailor to Elizabeth Alice Angear
- 13 March 1855
- Possible connection to Headstone 333
Talland Church Headstones 
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