Numbers on just a few gravestones at Leeds Minster.
Posted: Fri 04 Aug, 2017 9:00 pm
There are very many gravestones at Leeds Minster that are used in the pathways. When walking at Leeds Minster on August 1 2017 I happened to notice a gravestone near the Church Row end that had a number 22 carved on it but no other wording. Wondering if there were other numbered gravestones I went back on August 3 and had a longer look around. I cannot say I definitely saw all of the gravestones around the Minster but I certainly looked at very many. In all I saw the following numbers:- 3, 12, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37 and 42 (they were not in position order as 29 was next to 37 for example).
I wonder if anyone knows why some (but clearly very few) are numbered? I did not look so I don't know if there are some numbered gravestones lining the railway embankment opposite the Minster and on the embankment by York Street opposite the bus station.
I have added photos showing three of the numbered gravestones. The wording on the top of number 3 is "Here lieth interred the body of William Smith, who died Sep 27 1784 aged 67 years. Also his 3 wives & 12 children" (the Sep may read Sept and the 27 may read 27th but it was very hard to decipher).
I wonder if anyone knows why some (but clearly very few) are numbered? I did not look so I don't know if there are some numbered gravestones lining the railway embankment opposite the Minster and on the embankment by York Street opposite the bus station.
I have added photos showing three of the numbered gravestones. The wording on the top of number 3 is "Here lieth interred the body of William Smith, who died Sep 27 1784 aged 67 years. Also his 3 wives & 12 children" (the Sep may read Sept and the 27 may read 27th but it was very hard to decipher).