Description

WESTLEIGH WESTLEIGH
SS 42 NE
3/130 2 sets of gravestones to head and
feet of graves of Honour and Mary
Burden approximately 5 metres
west of west end of west tower of
Church of St Peter
GV II
Two sets of gravestones. Late C18. Slate. Nowy-arched. Headstone recording
death of Honour daughter of William Burden died 1761 aged 3. Below, a shared
inscription with John son of Leonard and Grace Wood died 1786. Well-bedded stone
at foot of grave with part of verse
'Her time was short
The Longer is her rest'
Headstone of Mary, wife of William Burden, died 1773 has incised
crossed bones above inscription
'Her ways were ways
of Pleasantness and all
Her Paths were peace'
Recorded on reverse is death of Mary wife of James Jenn of Horwood, died, 1812.
Stone at foot of grave with representation of hour-glass flanked by words 'my
glass/is run' with inscription
'Here lies this mortal part
of a beloved wife
Prudent in all her Conduct
Here in Life
A tender mother, a faithful
Comfort here, Lamented by
Her Spouse and Children dear
Secure of Peace Her Soul is
Gone to Rest in The eternal
mansions of the blesst.'

Listing NGR: SS4723128650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610901

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)