Description

BLYTH PLESSEY ROAD
NZ 3181 SE
(South side)
12/43 Watts and English
headstones, 8
metres south of
St. Cuthbert's
Church Hall
GV II
Headstones, early C19 and C18. Sandstone. Southern stone has relief-carved
panel; in centre anchor with arrow and scythe, in cable-moulded border, flanked
by sailing ships on billows with heads of drowning persons. Inscription:
William Watts of South Blyth
Pilot
taken to the Mercy of God
being drowned (with three other Pilots)
while employed in the duty of his Calling
on the 14th day of January 1805
he left a widow & five children to bewail his loss
Weep for yourselves, for me lament no more
I'm safely landed on a peaceful shore
My Home's in Him whose word proclaimeth this
- I am the Way to everlasting Bliss
For two of the 'three other pilots', see Hedley headstone at Bedlington and
Redford headstone at Newbiggin.

Northern stone has shaped top with carvings of rustic cherub above book and
hourglass; inscription to Jane, daughter of Thos. English, surgeon, c.1764.
Right edge damaged; included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ3182881495

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293271

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)