Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428541

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