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Latitude: 51.4416 / 51°26'29"N
Longitude: -2.5671 / 2°34'1"W
OS Eastings: 360682
OS Northings: 171554
OS Grid: ST606715
Mapcode National: GBR CGQ.92
Mapcode Global: VH88V.G176
Plus Code: 9C3VCCRM+J5
Entry Name: Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery
Listing Date: 30 January 2003
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1350415
English Heritage Legacy ID: 490002
ID on this website: 101350415
Location: Arnos Vale Cemetery, Arno's Vale, Bristol, BS4
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Windmill Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: Knowle Holy Nativity
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Tomb
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30-JAN-03 Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery
GV II
Headstone of P.C. Richard Hill (d.1869)
Grey Pennant stone headstone. Segmental head, pierced panel to centre with quatrefoils and four-armed stars. Epitaph in Gothic lettering.
HISTORY: Hill was 'a Police Constable of the City of Bristol who was murdered whilst in the execution of his duty in Gloucester Lane 26th April 1869 aged 31 years'. The epitaph is a late example of a memento mori verse: 'What is man's life, 'tis as a flower / Looks fresh and dies within an hour / How frail is man - how short his breath / In the midst of life we are in death'. Listed for its visual and historic interest.
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