Description

HALTWHISTLE MARKET PLACE
NY 7064
(South side, off)
20/23 Armstrong headstone
7.0 metres south-
east of Church of
the Holy Cross
II

Headstone to George Armstrong died 1783. Sandstone. Scrolled top and raised
cyma-moulded border with bead moulding. Relief carvings: angel head and
feathered wings, partly enclosed by festoon and flanked by Book of Life and
hour-glass. Slightly-convex oval panel, with raised enriched border, inscribed
to George Armstrong and his wife. Reverse inscribed:

Step softly ye Friends on hallowed ground ye tread,
Lest ye disturb the Mansion of the Dead.
A tender Parent rests in peaceful dust
His manners gentle and his actions Just,
Esteemed by all he liv'd, by all approved
And dy'd lamented, as he liv'd beloved.

Listing NGR: NY7078264027

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651581

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)