Billy Bray'S Grave At Approx 4M South Of Baldhu Church

SW 74 SE KEA

1/129 Billy Bray's Grave at approx 4m south of Baldhu Church

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Grave with memorial obelisk. Finely dressed granite. Circa late C19 to Billy Bray, died 1868. Rectangular grave with low chamfered border, and with obelisk on inscribed pedestal with moulded base and cornice at west end. Inscription in incised thick grotesque lettering to east, north and south. East inscription: IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM BETTER KNOWN AS BILLY BRAY WHO DIED AT TWELVEHEADS, MAY 25TH 1868 AGED 73 YEARS. South inscription: BY HIS SANCTIFIED WIT, CHRISTIAN SIMPLICITY, FERVENT FAITH AND MANY SELF-DENYING LABOURS, HE COMMENDED HIMSELF TO A WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WHILE LIVING, AND THE PUBLISHED RECORD SINCE HIS DEATH OF HIS MEMORABLE SAYINGS AND DOINGS HAS MADE HIS NAME FAMILIAR AS A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN OUR OWN AND OTHER LANDS. North inscription: HE WAS A LOCAL PREACHER WITH THE BIBLE CHRISTIANS FORTY-THREE YEARS. Alongside is grave to Sarah, wife of James Bray.

Listing NGR: SW7720943165