Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mary the Virgin, Felpham

Location: Churchyard.

Inscription:

IN
EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF
EDMUND ETHERTON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBY 25TH 1900
AGED 72 YEARS
FORTY YEARS BLACKSMITH IN THE PARISH
OF FELPHAM
"MY SLEDGE AND HAMMER LIE 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 IS GONE,
MY NAILS ARE DRIVEN, MY WORK IS DONE.".

Monument details:

Type: Stone grave marker (external).

Monument Condition: Unknown.

Inscription Condition: Unknown.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Etherton.

First Name(s): Edmund.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 25 Feb 1900.

Age: 72.

Comments:

Transcribed from a Hartmaan postcard

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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