Ledger Stone 6
~ Slate ~ Roman style lettering, a plain addition to the decorative lettering, although the supplementary burial is of a contemporary date.
~ Orientation ~ West/East ~ South Aisle ~ 168 x 102cm // 5’5″ x 3’4″
- Benjamin Skentelbery 1838 – 3 October 1844
- Aged 6 years
- Son of B & A Skentelbery
- of East Looe
- Parish Records show
- Buried 6 October 1844
- Surnamed spelling – Scantleberry
- also William Reath 1826 – 18 September 1842
- Aged 16 years
- and Robert Reath 1824 – 4 April 1845
- Aged 21 years
Alice Reath (1817-1880) married Benjamin Skentelbury (1809-1852) on 26 December 1836 at Talland church. Their first son Benjamin Skentelbery (1838-1844) is named on this stone.
Alice’s father Robert Reath (1787-1864) and Elizabeth Husband (1785-1874) married at Talland church on 24 March 1810 and lived in West Looe. The 1830 Pigot Directory shows Robert Reath as publican of The Jolly Sailor, as do the censers in 1841 & 1851 & 1856 Post Office Directory of Cornwall.
Talland Church Headstones 
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