Memorial No. 114 (a)         (Related memorials: 114B, 114C)
Surname(s)PERSTON, BEVERIDGE
Memorial Type (1)5 Obelisk
Number Commemorated 5
MaterialStone, Sandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 3
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ
Condition of Inscription (4)2 Clear but worn (on east face)
Dimensions in mmH 1700 x W 620 x D 620
Orientation (2)2
Faces Inscribed (2)2
Technique of InscriptionIncised
Inscription 1
IN MEMORY OF ANN PERSTON WIFE OF MICHAEL BEVERIDGE MERCHANT KIRKALDY WHO DIED 20 FEBRUARY 1788 AGED 24 YEARS
MICHAEL BEVERIDGE DIED 28 AUGUST 1819 AGED 70
MARGARET BEVERIDGE HIS WIDOW
DIED 15 JUNE 1828 AGED 57
Inscription 2
WILLIAM BEVERIDGE THEIR SON DIED 7 MARCH 1809
AGED 16 MONTHS
MICHAEL BEVERIDGE SHIPOWNER
DIED 8 JUNE 1853 AGED 55

"HIS SUN IS GONE DOWN
WHILE IT WAS YET DAY" JER.15.9
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 23/03/1987 by W.E.C.