Diggles Table Tomb In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary

Sandstone table tomb. Incised border and lettering. Six short, square pillar-style legs supporting a rectangular table with a large, textured and recessed panel to the upper part. Panel incorporates a relief depiction of an angel blowing a trumpet at Judgement Day, set underneath scales bearing hearts and flanked by urns. Panel also includes the relief initials 'RMD' (probably referencing Robert and Mary Diggles). Original inscription reads 'In memory of (large italicised lettering)/ Mary Wife of Robert Diggles,/ departed this Life Jan 7th 1804/ aged 21 Years./ O cruel Death that would not spare/ Nor yet thy Dart remove/ Thus to divide a happy Pair/ Whose Days were spent in Love'. Tomb re-used in mid-late C19 and inscription to James and Jane Wallwork added above original inscription, and inscription to Abraham Bramwell added below. Stonemason's signature 'Sarah Patefield/ Sp Pendlebury' to bottom left of table.