Talland Church Headstones

Headstone 74 ~ Sandstone ~ Pedestal with missing Urn

Headstone 74 ~ Sandstone ~ Pedestal with missing Urn

Headstone 109 ~ Slate ~ Semi-circular top and concave shoulders

Headstone 66 ~ Slate ~ Semi-circular top, indented side and stepped shoulders

Headstone 34 ~ Slate ~ Semi-circular top and stepped shoulders, and centralised Gothic cross

Headstone 122 ~ Slate ~ Gothic head & convex shoulders with decorative central interwoven IHS motif Ancestry research – 1881 census shows Tryphena aged 17, born in Polruan, working as a general servant in Talland Street, Polperro. She married John G Lakes in 1884 and by 1891 census it shows Tryphena as a widow, in…

Headstone 122 ~ Slate ~ Gothic head & convex shoulders with decorative central interwoven IHS motif – Ancestry Research – 1881 census born in Liskeard (he joined the Indian Navy- foreign stations in 1851) now as a retired Lieutenant in Indian Navy, aged 46, single & boarding in Lansallos Street, Polperro. John married Tryphena Jane Lakes…

Headstone 17 ~ Granite ~ Scroll, rock and rough hewn surround with winged bird at base and interwoven IHS motif, with kerbs Ancestry Research – Captain in Royal Navy, born in Paddington, London. First wife, Adela Amelia Smith dies 1892. Marries second wife, Helen Murray, from Plympton, in 1898. In 1904-7 he was lodging with…

Headstone 47 ~ Slate ~ Neoclassical with flat top