Mayer Tomb Circa 22 Metres South West Of Church Of All Saints

NZ 04 NW MUGGLESWICK MUGGLESWICK 10/99 Mayer tomb c.22 metres south-west of Church of All Saints GV II Headstone and railings. Stone, signed I. Lough. To children of the Mayer family who died between 1803 and 1829, John Mayer died 1819; on the reverse, inscriptions to Thomas and Ann Mayer, died 1852 and 1860. Railings 1919 by Wm. Mayer,Evenbank Foundry, Dumbarton. Sandstone slab; cast iron railings. Tall slab with shaped moulded top; top panel filled with low relief cherub's head and swags. Signed on north edge, near top. Historical note: this is said to be the first sculpture made by John Lough, completely independently. From 1812 to 1819 he was apprenticed to Jonathan Marshall of Shotley Bridge. Ann Mayer is the Nanny Mayer from whom the Stanhope and Tyne railway incline gets it name. Low railings of linked squares have wide top rail with relief inscription 'In the unerring course of time this is to trace a grave and protect the honoured tomb of Ann Mayer by Wm. Mayer Evenbank Foundry Dumbarton NB' and at the foot of grave: 'Time 1919 flies' and an hour-glass finial. Sources: J.W. Fawcett, The Parish Registers of Muggleswick, Durham 1906, p.55; Tomlinson North Eastern Railway, 1914, 2nd ed. K. Hoole, Newton Abbott 1967; p.243; R Welford, Men of Mark Twixt Tyne and Tweed, Newcastle 1895 III p.100.

Listing NGR: NZ0441849915