Grave slab of Sarah Smith is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2018. Grave slab.
Grave slab of Sarah Smith
- WRENN ID
- ruined-jade-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2018
- Type
- Grave slab
- Address
- Grave slab of Sarah Smith, Churchyard of St. Margaret's Church, Church Lane, Wolstanton, ST5 0HU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 856 480
- Coordinates
- 53.02982, -2.21514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grave slab of Sarah Smith dates from 1763. It is a rectangular stone slab featuring incised carving, including a decorative border. The inscription reads: 'HERE/ lieth the Body of/ Sarah Smith Daughter of/ Samuel and Martha Smith/ of Bradwell Park who/ departed this life Novbr 29th 1763/ and in the 21st Year of her Age/ It was C-----s B----w / that brought me to my end / Dear Parents mourn not for me / For God will stand my friend / With half a Pint of Poyson / He came to visit me / Write this on my Grave / That all that read it may see'. The upper part of the gravestone has fractures.
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