Headstone with a relief carving of the Good Samaritan, in the churchyard of St Nicholas

Headstone commemorating an unknown woman, late C18, situated to the north-west of the church.

MATERIALS: stone.

DESCRIPTION: headstone, facing west. The top of the headstone is an eared segmental arch, the ears supported on vertically elongated scrolls, which frame relief carving depicting the parable of the Good Samaritan. Here, the victim is seen lying to the left, with the Samaritan kneeling beside him at the centre; to the right, the head of the donkey is seen tethered to a tree. The relief is worn but legible. Very little of the inscription below, in a variety of scripts, is legible, though the words 'Wife of [...]' can be read below the area which held the subject's name, and the words '[...] Children / [Who] all died in their infancy' can be read at the bottom. The sides of the headstone have narrow horizontal reeding, known as corduroy work.