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Memorial
Title
J Farnsworth
Images
Location Grave 6 oclock 9 oclock 12 oclock 3 oclock
Locations
Last known location:
St Bartholomew's
 Churchyard
High St (A61)
Clay Cross
Derbyshire
Nearest postcode:
S45 9DZ

NGR:
39104 63287 ±5m
Location details:
West of the church.
Type
Overall type: Addition to Gravestone.


Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.


Description:

An addition to a white marble memorial on a family grave. The stone currently comprises an oblong pillar on an oblong plinth accompanied by plain oblong kerbs, but a socket on the top contains the remains of a finial or cross which is now lost. The inlaid inscription is in upright and sloping capital block lettering.
Components:

Component Material Height Width Depth Condition
Finial White marbe - - - Lost
Pillar White marbe 810 630 305 Good
Plinth White marbe 290 800 355 Good
Kerbs White marbe 155 2150 2150 Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.
Inscription
6 o'clock face: Here lie THE MORTAL REMAINS
OF HENRY FARNSWORTH,
'FOR OVER FORTY YEARS A WINE AND SPIRIT
MERCHANT OF THIS TOWN'
HIS WIFE MARGARET,
AND THREE INFANT CHILDREN;
ALSO HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
AND ONE BROTHER,
ALSO HIS WIFE'S FATHER AND MOTHER
AND ONE BROTHER;
WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED ON THIS STONE
IN THE ORDER OF THEIR GOING.
WHAT I SPENT, I HAD,
WHAT I SAVED, I LOST,
WHAT I GAVE, I HAVE.

9 o'clock face:

IN PROUD AND
LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN,
FOURTH AND YOUNGEST
SURVIVING SON OF
HENRY & MARGARET
FARNSWORTH;
WHO FELL IN ACTION WITH
THE AUSTRALIANS AT
GABA TEPE. GALLIPOL[I,]
DURING THE GREAT W[AR]
[1]914 19[1]9
B. SEP. 3 1880.
D. MAY. 2 1915.
"GREATER LOVE   
   HATH NO MAN."

12 o'clock face:  

ALSO OF HENRY, THE BELOVED ELDEST SON OF
HENRY & [MARGA]RET FARNSWORTH;
WHOSE REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY.
BORN FEB 11. 18[7]4 DIED NOV. 16. 1913.
ALSO SARA ABBOT,
SISTER OF MARGARET FARNSWORTH,
BORN DEC. 24. 1858, DIED OCT. 26. 1928.
ANNIE FARNSWORTH,
BORN JUNE 14. 1871, DIED AUG. 29. 1948.
DOROTHY FARNSWORTH,
BORN JUNE 3. 1886, DIED MAY 31. 1959.
DAUGHTER OF HENRY AND
MARGARET FARNSWORTH.

3 o'clock face:

MARY FARNSWORTH
B. FEB. 14. 1810 D. NOV. 28. 1873
EMILY FARNSWORTH
B. MAY. 28. 1877. D. JAN. 2. 1879.
JOHN FARNSWORTH
B. DEC. 9. 1808 D. JAN. 26. 1880
JOSEPH CUTTS,
B. AUG. 11. 1806. D. JAN. 1. 1882
VICTOR F. FARNSWORTH
B. APR 12. 1889. D. MAY. 2[?]. 18[??]
BENJN. FARNSWORTH
B. MAR. 20. 1893. D. JULY. 18. 1893
ABIGAIL CUTTS
B. AUG. 11. 1816. D. MAR.14. 1894
ELI FARNSWORTH
B. JULY. 16. 1839. D. JAN. 26. 1895
WILLIAM [CUTTS]
B. OCT.15. 1846. D. MAR. 21. 1888
MARGT FARNSWORTH
B. SEP. 18. 1850. D. JAN. 29. 1906
HENRY FARNSWORTH
B. JULY. 14. 1846. D. JULY. 28. 1916.

[Some letters missing.]

Conflicts and people commemorated

Conflict First World War (1914-1919)
Number died 1
Number served and returned 0
Total names 1
Administration
Custodians:-

Local Authorities:
After WW1: Clay Cross Parish Council; Clay Lane (later Clay Cross) Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council
From 1974: Clay Cross Parish Council; North East Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
August 2010: The memorial lies within the Clay Cross Conservation Area designated on that date.

16 May, 2013: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. The memorial had been renovated in recent years with new brickwork underpinning the kerbs. The upper detail, perhaps a cross or finial, had been lost but the remainder was in good condition despite a crack at the base of the pillar and some letters missing from the inscription.
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