Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St John the Baptist, Netherfield

Location: Churchyard.

Inscription:

Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
SAMUEL GOODSELL
WHO DIED JUNE 18TH 1872
AGED 72 YEARS
"HE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPETH"
ALSO
MARIA GOODSELL
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED ???????
AGED 81 YEARS.
ALSO OF
MARIA GOODSELL.
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED DEC 4TH 1887.
AGED 56 YEARS
SLEEP ON NOW AND TAKE YOUR REST.".

Monument details:

Type: Stone grave marker (external).

Monument Condition: Broken.

Inscription Condition: Good.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Goodsell.

First Name(s): Maria.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: ?? Mar 1889.

Age: 81.

Comments:

The gravestone is broken in two and Maria's details were on the lower half - Maria's burial has been found in the registers - 18th March 1889, aged 81.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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