Talland Church Headstones

Headstone 332 ~ Slate ~ Tombchest with contoured edge and brick sides

Headstone 332 ~ Slate ~ Tombchest with contoured edge and brick sides

Headstone 332 ~ Slate ~ Tombchest with contoured edge and brick sides

Headstone 341 ~ Slate ~ Neoclassical with flat top

Headstone 341 ~ Slate ~ Neoclassical with flat top 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…

Headstone 333 ~ Slate ~ Semi-circled top with sloped shoulders and central interwoven IHS motif.

Headstone 331 ~ Limestone ~ Tombchest with brick sides and contoured edges Ancestry Records – show on the 1861 census Philippa, of Talland & John, of Duloe, Toms, both 49 years old, with three children, Nathaniel, Emma & Ellen Toms, living at Bedbrane Bacta, 200 acres farm, in Duloe.

Headstone 253 ~ Granite ~ Perforated Celtic cross with four step base, with kerbs

Headstone 386 ~ Slate ~ Semi-circled top with concave shoulders, and border with decorative running stitch and pin holes

Headstone 438 ~ Sandstone ~ Semi-circular top and concave shoulders