Grave memorial to George Thwaites and family members

The grave memorial to George Thwaites was created in 1855 and includes later inscriptions for other family members. It is made of fine-grained sandstone and features a large plinth that supports a high-relief sculpture of a draped mourning female figure leaning against a broken pillar. This sculpture is set within a round-arched frame, which has a garlanded shield at its top, adorned with a single five-pointed star. The plinth bears the following inscription: ‘IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / GEORGE THWAITES / OF THE TOWN INNKEEPER. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTR 18TH 1855, / IN THE 44TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / ALSO ISABELLA, HIS WIFE, / DIED AUGUST 11TH 1882, AGED 73 YEARS. / ALSO GEORGE THWAITES, (IRON MERCHANT) / THEIR YOUNGEST SON, / DIED OCTOBER 28TH 1903, AGED 56 YEARS. / ALSO OUR DEAR MOTHER MARIE HOLT THWAITES, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE GEORGE THWAITES, / WHO DIED JANY 31ST 1934, IN HER 73RD YEAR. / NEARER MY GOD TO THEE’.