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WM-BMRE-0176
Record Date:
17 December 2018
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
Not Lost but Gone Before
In Loving Memory
James Hill Shaw
who departed this life
on the 13th June 1890
in his 70th year
also
Sarah Jane Shaw
beloved wife and
devoted mother who fell asleep
2nd February 1919
and their daughters
Eleanor who died 8 April
1878 aged 19 years and
Annie the 21st Sept
In the way of righteousness is life and
in the pathway thereof there is no death
Memorial Type:
Headstone
People commemorated:
Name:
James
Surname:
Hill Shaw
Date of death - day:
13
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1890
Age:
70
Name:
Sarah Jane
Surname:
Shaw
Date of death - day:
2
Date of death - month:
February
Date of death - year:
1919
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Name:
Eleanor
Surname:
Hill Shaw
Date of death - day:
8
Date of death - month:
April
Date of death - year:
1878
Age:
19
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Name:
Annie
Surname:
Hill Shaw
Date of death - day:
21
Date of death - month:
September
Date of death - year:
1878
Relationship with first person:
Daughter
Notes:
Headstone in limestone – facing west – enclosed on 3 sides (on the 4th side by the Graveyard wall) with a cut limestone wall capped with “heavy” ashlar limestone coping, on each corner is a square based pedestal reducing to a circular stone, capped with a cast-iron closed fist through which runs, on a semi-circle support, a linked chain (the original iron chain was made of very large iron links and was extremely weighty, unfortunately this original chain was stolen some years ago and has been replaced with a plastic one). The headstone has a conical head with, in relief, “Not Lost but Gone Before”, the epitaph is in raised Sans-serif lettering. Mid-way down, on each side is a Scallop Shell carving, on each side of the inscription a column rises to the shoulders. On the base, the psalm, in relief, is enclosed in a panel. The stonemason has signed on the plinth – R Smith ______
