Memorial No. 261         (Related memorials: 260, 262)
Surname(s)SPEARS, ROY
Memorial Type (1)5 Wall mounted
Number Commemorated 2
MaterialStone, Sandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ, part of triple family memorial and in enclosure
Condition of Inscription (4)2 Clear but worn
Dimensions in mmH 1910 x W 820 x D 150
Orientation (2)8
Faces Inscribed (2)8
Technique of InscriptionIncised, part italic
Inscription 1
IN
MEMORY
OF
THOMAS SPEARS Senr.
WHO DIED 27TH SEPTEMBER 1854
AGED 87 YEARS
MARGARET HIS DAUGHTER
WHO DIED 24TH MAY 1833
AGED 20 YEARS
AND JAMES HIS SON
WHO DIED AT SEA 26TH SEPTEMBER 1847
AGED 31 YEARS
Inscription 2
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF
MARGARET ROY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
THOMAS SPEARS
WHO DIED 26TH NOVEMBER 186-
AGED 74 YEARS
AND THOMAS THEIR ELDEST SON
WHO DIED AT RANGOON
14TH FEBRUARY 1868
--GED 54 YEARS.
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 13/09/1983 by R SHARP