Talland Church Headstones

Lansallos Gravestone: 527

Ledger Stone – Lady Chapel

• • opc – additional information taken from Lansallos Online Parish Clerk; discrepancies in BOLD

Stone Inscription:

Sacred
to the memory of
Mary
the daughter of
Wm & Catherine Perry,
of Polperro,
who changed this
Life for Eternity, the 11th day
of November in the Year of
our Lord God 1805,
Aged 16 Years.

Not parents tears nor blooming youth could ƒave
The dear departed from the ƒilent Grave,
But let her Friends from ƒorrow now Refrain
Great was their loƒs but greater is her gain.

Also
Here lies the remains of Richard,
the Son of Richard and Grace Perry,
of this Parish, who was Unfortunate[ly]
drowned in South Yarmouth Bay, Ely
on the 24 April 1828, Aged 17 Years