A10, MONUMENTS 125, 126, 139, 140, 178, 179

A group of six churchyard monuments located in the Great Churchyard of Bury St Edmunds.

MON 125 is a coffin tomb made of Ketton stone, dating from 1828, dedicated to Hannah Browne and is very worn. MON 126 is a small box-tomb from 1853, commemorating Mary Cooke (1853), her son Frederick (1841), another son Henry (1842), and John Cooke (1877). MON 139 is a delicate chest-tomb with feet, set on a low box-tomb, built in 1821 for George Hubbard Esq. and includes inscriptions for his daughter Susan, his wife Jane (1854), Katherine Wheelwright (1844), George Pretyman (1872), and Mary Elizabeth. This monument is in very poor condition. MON 140 is a chest tomb from 1831, dedicated to Mary Le Grice (1831), Henry Le Grice (1888), John Le Grice (1835), and Ann Le Grice (1885). MON 178 is a chest tomb from 1819, commemorating the wife of John Worilege (1819) and John Worilege himself (1852), and is also in very poor condition. Finally, MON 179 is a small box-tomb from around 1830, dedicated to John Frost (18?7) and his wife Elizabeth (1830).