Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mary the Virgin, Felpham

Location: Churchyard.

Inscription:

To
the Memory of
WILLIAM STONE
who died Jan the 7
1868
Aged 70 Years
My fledge and hammer he reclined
My bellows too have lost their wind
My fire extinct my Forge decayed
And in the dust my vice is laid.
My coal is spent my iron done,
My nail fare driven my work is done.

Monument details:

Type: Stone grave marker (external).

Monument Condition: Unknown.

Inscription Condition: Unknown.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Stone.

First Name(s): William.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 07 Jan 1868.

Age: 70.

Comments:

Transcription taken for an early postcard of the monument.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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