Mary Freeman 1754

headstone & footstone footstone

HERE LIES Ye BODY OF
Mrs MARY FREEMAN
DIED OCTr 18
1754
AGED 33 YEARS
& 8 Mo

footstone
inscription missing

This is the oldest gravestone in Bridge Road Cemetery. It displays a typical round winged skull from the mid 1700's. Experts indicate the gravestone is carved in the style of the Codner or Emmes carvers of Boston. The left photo shows the headstone with the footstone in the background. The right photo shows the broken footstone.

LOCATION - No. NE 11 on EHS survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 17" W, 18" H, 1" D

FOOTSTONE - 11' W, 15" H, 1" D (entire footstone)

CONDITION - lichen growth, footstone broken with inscription missing

COMMENT - Footstone cleaned and reset November 2001. Headstone cleaned September 2004. Headstone and footstone cleaned July 2009.


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