Armstrong Headstone 7.0 Metres South-East Of Church Of The Holy Cross

The headstone for George Armstrong, who died in 1783, is located 7.0 metres southeast of the Church of the Holy Cross in Haltwhistle. It is made of sandstone and features a scrolled top with a raised cyma-moulded border that has bead moulding. The headstone includes relief carvings of an angel head with feathered wings, which are partly enclosed by a festoon and flanked by a Book of Life and an hour-glass. The slightly-convex oval panel has a raised enriched border and is inscribed with the names of George Armstrong and his wife. The reverse side bears an inscription that reads:

"Step softly ye Friends on hallowed ground ye tread, Lest ye disturb the Mansion of the Dead. A tender Parent rests in peaceful dust His manners gentle and his actions Just, Esteemed by all he liv'd, by all approved And dy'd lamented, as he liv'd beloved."