Two Rows Of 3 And 5 Headstones About 5 To 15 Metres South Of Church Of St John

TR 03 NE MERSHAM CHURCH ROAD (east side) 7/98 Two rows of 3 and 5 headstones about 5 to 15 metres south of Church of St. John

GV II

Eight headstones in 2 rows. First row of 3, all about 2 feet high, with scrolled and shaped heads, the first with trumpets and cherub head, the second with skull in profile over crossed bones and the to Elizabeth Hann, d.1729 with winged cherub over raised and fielded panel. Second row of 5, all about 2½ feet high, the northernmost a double headstone, with scrolled shoulders and doubled cornice separated by small relief death's head with motife of winged hourglass and death's head. The adjacent stone, about 3 feet high with scrolled shaped head; and skull in profile over bones. Two adjacent similar stones, with Rocaille scrolled heads, with motif of open book within a heart over round-headed inscription panel, the other with indented rectangular panel. The fifth stone to John Home, d.1749. With scrolled shoulders to pediment shaped cornice with cherub in sunburst.

Listing NGR: TR0504039348