Tomb Of Hill In Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2003. Tomb.

Tomb Of Hill In Arnos Vale Cemetery

WRENN ID
scattered-cellar-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 2003
Type
Tomb
Source
Historic England listing

Description

901-1/0/10144 BATH ROAD 30-JAN-03 Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery

GV II

Headstone of P.C. Richard Hill (d.1869) Grey Pennant stone headstone. Segmental head, pierced panel to centre with quatrefoils and four-armed stars. Epitaph in Gothic lettering. HISTORY: Hill was 'a Police Constable of the City of Bristol who was murdered whilst in the execution of his duty in Gloucester Lane 26th April 1869 aged 31 years'. The epitaph is a late example of a memento mori verse: 'What is man's life, 'tis as a flower / Looks fresh and dies within an hour / How frail is man - how short his breath / In the midst of life we are in death'. Listed for its visual and historic interest.

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