Row Of 7 Headstones And 4 Footstones From Approximately 17 To Approximately 25 Metres South Of Church Of St Giles

This is a row of 7 monumental headstones and 4 footstones located approximately 17 to 25 metres south of the Church of St Giles. The headstones are aligned in a north-south direction, with a gap between the first and second stones, and date mostly from the mid-18th century. All are made of limestone and commemorate the following individuals from left to right:

1. Mary Bovey (died 1746, possibly), featuring a shaped top with a carved skull-and-cross-bones.
2. John Syms (died 1787), with a shaped top adorned with a fan and two four-line verses of doggerel.
3. Alice Syms (died 1785), similar to the second stone and including verses, with a footstone at the rear inscribed "AS 1785".
4. John Symes (died 1738), displaying a crude segmental pediment with consoles and a carved skull, accompanied by a matching footstone inscribed "JS 1738".
5. Benjamin Symes (died 1742, aged 27), resembling the fourth stone but with a more emphatic design and a couplet reading "Young men of strength behold and see Just in my prime Death conquered me", with a matching footstone inscribed "BS 1742".
6. Phebe Symes (died 1755), a large stone with an elaborately shaped top featuring scrolls and a skull-and-cross-bones.
7. Mrs Mary Hunt (died 1747), similar to the sixth stone, with a footstone at the rear inscribed "MH 1747".