Memorial Title
R Stone
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: All Saints' Churchyard Main St Elton Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE4 4DE NGR: SK 22199 61019 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: Grave C102 northeast of the church, towards the boundary wall. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Poor. The inscription is barley legible. |
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| Description: Additional lettering to an inscription on a headstone on a family grave. The low grey granite headstone has a stepped top and gilded inscription incised in upright capital block lettering. The headstone is accompanied by oblong granite kerbs. Glossary |
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Inscription
| [IN LOVING MEMORY OF CORNELIUS S STONE PASSED AWAY APRIL 12TH 1948 AGED 84 YEARS JESU LOVER OF MY SOUL ALSO OF SARAH HIS WIFE WHO DIED DEC 9TH 1957 IN HER 91ST YEAR ALSO OF RUPERT THEIR SON 1ST SHERWOODS MISSING AT BERRY-AN-BAC MAY 27TH 1918 AGED 21 YEARS ALSO OF HILDA THEIR DAUGHTER DIED IN INFANCY 1904 RE-UNITED.] [Inscription barely legible.] |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Elton Parish Council; Bakewell Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Elton Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
15th October, 2009: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. Although the memorial itself was intact and robust most of the gilding was lost and the inscription was therefore barely legible.
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