Group Of 5 Monuments Approximately 10 Metres South Of Aisle Window To Church Of St Andrew

WEYMOUTH

SY78SW CHURCH ROAD, Preston 873-1/3/470 (South side) Group of 5 monuments approx 10m S of aisle W window to Church of St Andrew

GV II

5 headstones. Early to mid C18, dated variously from 1756 to 1770. The stones are grouped in 2 pairs, separated by approx 2m N/S, and a single monument approx 2m to the E, between the pairs. From N to S they are: (i) Early C18, unidentified, the inscriptions not legible. There are 3 good carved cherub heads under a shaped top, above a flush panel; (ii) Immediately S of the last. C18, with shaped head to scrolls. Carved skull, trumpet and torch, above a flush panel with no legible inscription; (iii) approx 2m S of the last. To Richard Lewis, d.1761. Shaped top with scrolls above carved book and other symbols including an angel; (iv) Immediately S of the last. A very wide headstone, with shaped top, and with inscriptions covering most of the surface, starting very close to the top. The earliest decipherable memorial is to Joseph Wallis, d.1770; (v) approx 2m E from and centred to the previous pairs, a small headstone to Richard Johnson, d.1756. Shaped top.

Listing NGR: SY7058782945