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
Source: Historic England listing

Description

Grave slab of Sarah Smith of 1763.

Stone, rectangular grave slab with incised carving including a 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'. There are fractures to the upper part of the gravestone.

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