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Where is this stone
Posted: Tue 08 Nov, 2016 5:48 pm
by warringtonrhino
I found this grave stone when I lived in Leeds. There isn't a name on the stone.
If I had profound thoughts like this, I would probably want to claim the credit.
Obviously I know where the stone is, so please don't spoil the fun by telling everyone else.
Re: Where is this stone
Posted: Tue 08 Nov, 2016 10:57 pm
by rikj
Interesting. No idea where the stone is, but the epitaph appears in other places, with different attributions. Seems to appear as early as the late 1600s.
Is it in a Christian cemetery?
Re: Where is this stone
Posted: Tue 08 Nov, 2016 11:49 pm
by buffaloskinner
As someone who has trawled through many cemeteries in England (looking for ancestors) I have come across many unusual epitaphs and comments etc on gravestones, some are very funny and others plain weird.
Haven't seen this one in Leeds though, and I cannot even find it on the Yorkshire Indexers site neither, probably because there is no name attached.
Here's a weirdo
Re: Where is this stone
Posted: Wed 09 Nov, 2016 12:13 am
by warringtonrhino
It is in a christian cemetery, and I believe the persons name is in the burial records inside the church.
Re: Where is this stone
Posted: Wed 16 Nov, 2016 9:55 pm
by Leodian
This is an interesting thread but I don't know the answer, so perhaps it's now time to reveal that.
Re: Where is this stone
Posted: Wed 16 Nov, 2016 10:13 pm
by warringtonrhino
I found it in St Mary's church in Whitkirk, I was looking for John Smeaton's.
Re: Where is this stone
Posted: Wed 16 Nov, 2016 10:58 pm
by Leodian
warringtonrhino wrote:I found it in St Mary's church in Whitkirk, I was looking for John Smeaton's.
Thanks for that
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Re: Where is this stone
Posted: Sat 19 Nov, 2016 1:34 pm
by hyperion3