Dixon And Hume Headstones 8 Metres North-East Of South-West Corner Of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Headstone.

Dixon And Hume Headstones 8 Metres North-East Of South-West Corner Of Churchyard

WRENN ID
moated-dormer-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Headstone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ACOMB ST JOHN LEE NY 9365 20/45 Dixon and Hume headstones 8 metres north-east of south- west corner of churchyard

GV II

Headstones,1761 and 1774. Sandstone. 2 adjacent slabs with shaped segmental tops: northern has inscription to Robert Dixon d.1761 and verse

Confide not reader in thy youth or strength But more than both thy present moment prize. Graves here surround the(e) of each brea(d)th and length And thou mayst be perhaps the next to die.

On reverse relief skull and crossed bones, and 'memento mori'. Southern stone has shaped panel with open book and inscription to Robert Hume d.1774.

Listing NGR: NY9330265676

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