Memorial No. 98
Surname(s)THOMSON, BICKERTON
Memorial Type (1)2 Headstone on plinth
Number Commemorated 3
MaterialStone, Sandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ. Tulips bunch above inscription.
Condition of Inscription (4)2 Clear but worn
Dimensions in mmH 1730 x W 885 x D 410
Orientation (2)2
Faces Inscribed (2)2
Technique of InscriptionIncised
Inscription 1
IN MEMORY OF
ALEXANDER THOMSON
BORN 24TH AUGUST 1785
DIED 27TH JUNE 1873
AND
MARY
HIS SISTER
BORN 10TH NOVR 1790
DIED 26TH FEBY 1857
AND
JANE BICKERTON
HIS WIFE
BORN 2ND JUNE 1815
DIED 27TH DECEMBER 1909
Inscription 2
"A SUCCOURER OF MANY"
ROMANS XVI,2
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on plinth:

HE AFTER HE HAD SERVED HIS OWN
GENERATION BY THE WILL OF GOD FELL ON SLEEP.
ACTS XIII 36
ASLEEP IN JESUS.
Notes

(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed

Information recorded 18/06/1984 by J HEPBURN