Talland Church Headstones

Headstone 207 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with two step base Ancestry research – A School Mistress, in Liverpool, living and then buried with friend, Hannah.

Headstone 225 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with rough hewn base

Headstone 225 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with rough hewn base Ancestry research – shows date of birth as 12 July 1868.

Headstone 212 ~ Granite ~ Perforated Celtic cross with rough hewn base, with kerbs

Headstone 209 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with two step base, with kerbs and chippings Ancestry research – shows Fredonia was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire to George & Fredonia Miller. She received the British War Medal & Victory Medal in the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Nurses 42259, Do19499.

Headstone 209 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with two step base, with kerbs and chippings Ancestry research – Chaplain, R.N.; 1890-7 H.M.S Victorious, 1897; Doris, 1897-1901; Talbot, 1901-4; Swiftsure, 1904-6; Irresistible, 1906-8; Agamemnon.

Headstone 208 ~ Granite ~ Latin cross with two step base Probate records show – Clara was a spinster, living at Hillside, Polperro in 1922. Half of her effects were left to Herbert Butler, artist. Headstone 214, who’s cross is seen here in the background. Several census records show her birthplace as Waterloo, Lancashire.

Headstone 433 ~ Sandstone ~ Foot stone with kerbs

Headstone 183 ~ Slate ~ Semi-circular top with quarter-circular shoulders

Headstone 183 ~ Slate ~ Semi-circular top with quarter-circular shoulders