Monument Details P11

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Forename
Surname
Date of Death
Age
Place Name
WP . AG
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Stone Condition: Sound, Tilted, Sunk Material: Sandstone Height: 0.48 Breadth: 0.67 Depth: 0.15 Inscription Condition: Clear but worn Inscription Technique: Incised Mason: Not known Pre 1855 no. 40 ( What's this? )

Monument Inscription

WP  :AG

1768

Family History

This very old and primitive grave marker leaves no clues as to whom it may be commemorating other than a set of initials and a date. This was not unusual in the period around the date shown, when full inscriptions were a rarity. The cost of such work was often a barrier to the poorer classes, and the availability of a suitably skilled stone carver in rural districts was restricted.

These grave markers were thought to have been placed before the time of actual death of the incumbents as a means of staking out their intended resting place, thus only one date being shown. Other opinions are that the date may signify the year of death of the male partner and the wife’s initials were added as she would be expecting to be buried alongside her husband when her time came. Another equally plausible explanation is the both persons commemorated died together as result of disease or tragic event.

The initials displayed on the stone are W P and A G with the date 1768.