LAN-STKE-0142

Record Date: 
1 August 2015
Graveyard: 
St. Kentigern's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here lies
AGNES SCOULAR
widow of James Wilson
Merchant in Whitburn
Foundress of the Charity school
in this her native parish
she died 3nd June MDCCCXXV1
                 2
A sincere love to her God and Saviour
shed its benign influence upon her temper converstaion and conduct
frugal in her own habits
she spent her riches in doing good to others
her numerous benefactions
and endowments
Secured to her the blessing of the Poor
while she lived
and have made her Memory dear 
To the wise and good 

Memorial Type: 
Chest tomb
Grave location
Latitude: 
55.669797777778
Longitude: 
-3.7701366666667
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Agnes
Surname: 
Scoular
Date of death - day: 
2
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1876
Notes: 

Parents in number grave number 144...a double chest tomb
The year translates as 1876
Error seems to have beeen made by sculptor on date of death as 2 shows the 3 underneath
Originally a wrought iron enclosure, taken away possibly during the war
See the picture below of the Wilson Charity School which was just downhill fromthe current site of the Royal Bank of Scotland on High Street Lanark