Ledger Stone 8
~ Slate ~ Shaped curved top edge with concave shoulders in good condition and clear roman lettering.
~ Orientation ~ East/West ~ South Aisle ~ 76 x 61 cm // 2’6″ x 2′
- Elizabeth Peake 1781 – 17 June 1807
- Aged 26 years
- Wife of William Peake
- of Polperro
- Parish Records show
- Buried 20 June 1807
O lovely Wife ! that was so lately here,
Eƒteem’d by all, but to her Friends mosƒt dear,
Short was the warning that Her Maker gave,
Juƒt now in health, but now in ƒlient Grave,
In this Tomb, She lies, mouldering to Duƒt,
But She I hope is Number’d with the Juƒt.
memorial verse
Talland Parish records show that an Eliz. Minards marries Wm Deake of Polperro, at Talland church on 17 July 1806.
Talland Church Headstones 
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