Row of 10 Headstones About 1 to 20 Metres South of Church of St Mary

This listing describes a row of ten headstones located about 1 to 20 metres south of the Church of St Mary in Capel-le-Ferne. The headstones include the following notable examples:

• Thomas Hammond, who died in 1750, has a headstone about 2½ feet high, decorated with four rosettes on a scrolled head.
• George Andrews, from the 18th century, has a headstone about 2 feet high with an inscription on a fielded panel, featuring a semi-circular head decorated with an hourglass and a death's head.
• William Andrews, also from the 18th century, has a headstone about 2½ feet high, adorned with a death's head and hourglass.
• Elizabeth Andrews, who died in 1758, has a headstone about 2 feet high with a triple segmental head, decorated with a skull and two hourglasses.
• John Knott, a yeoman who died in 1705, has a headstone with a triple segmental head featuring crude representations of a skull and hourglass.
• Frances Knott, who died in 1698, has a plain inscription on a stone about 1½ feet high.
• Mary, wife of John Knott, from the mid-18th century, has a headstone about 3 feet high with a cornice on scrolls, decorated with a cherub's head.
• Jane Knott, who died in 1732, has a headstone about 3½ feet high with a segmental head and skull motifs.
• John Knott of Dover, who was twice mayor of that town and died in 1727, has a headstone about 3½ feet high with scrolled shoulders decorated with a skull and bones, a pierced heart, a winged hourglass, and a fleur de lys.
• John Knott, who died in 1770, has a headstone about 3½ feet high with a fine calligraphic inscription, a scrolled cornice, and a motto over scallops and oil lamps.