Mary STEPHENSON

Grave No:  98;  

Estimated Year of Birth:  1738;      

Date of Death:  16th August 1806;   

Age:  68 years;   

Latitude:  53.7203;   

Longitude:  -0.8512;   

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Condition:  Sound & in situ.  Inscription degraded;   

Length:  2000 mm;   

Width:  1000 mm;    

Thickness:  65 mm.

Sacred /

to the Memory of /

MARY STEPHENSON /

OF GOOLE /

who departed this life 16th August /

1806 Aged 68 Years. /

A loving wife whose head was full of care /

A tender mother now lies sleeping here /

Weep not for me for why my glass is run /

I pleased the Lord so let His will be done /

Also /

THOMAS STEPHENSON /

Husband to the above named /

who departed this life 19th January /

1826 Aged 88 Years /

Death hath me summoned and I must appear /

Before the God my doom to hear /

Reader take notice of this awful text /

If death once seize the judgment next.

(Verses largely illegible, so taken from 1986 survey)