| • 1825: 1st railway opens (Stockton - Darlington) | • 1829: Metropolitan Police founded | • 1832: Morse invents Electric Telegraph | • 1837: Queen Victoria crowned | • 1838: National Gallery founded | • 1839: Digestive biscuit invented | • 1840: Queen Victora & Prince Albert marry | • 1842: Irish "Potato Famine" starts | • 1847: British Museum founded | • 1848: Marx & Engels write Communist Manifesto | • 1851: Great Exhibition opens in Hyde Park | • 1854: Start of Crimean War | • 1859: Darwin's Origin of Species published | • 1861: American Civil War begins | • 1865: Salvation Army founded | • 1869: Suez Canal opened | • 1871: Trades Unions legalised | • 1872: Secret ballots introduced for elections | • 1873: Dr Livingstone dies | • 1876: Bell invents telephone | • 1878: Electric light bulb invented | • 1881: Pasteur invents innoculation | • 1884: Fabian Society founded | • 1887: Queen Victoria's Jubilee | • 1894: Manchester Ship Canal opened | • 1899: Boer War starts | • 1901: Queen Victoria dies | • 1903: 1st aeroplane flight by Wright Bros. |
| Description | Head stone & Foot stone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inscription | In Memory of GEORGE READ born April 27th 1811 Died Oct 3 1867. Also of JANE daughter of George and Sarah Read. Born Jan 31st 1843 Died Sep 26th 1847. Whosoever liveth and believeth shall never die. Also of the above named Sarah Read who died Nov ....1883 Aged 73 years. | ||
| Notes | Location: South Footstone: GR 1867 J.R. 1848. S.R. 1883 | ||
Internees | |||
| Name | Date of death | Age | Residence |
| Jane Read | 26 Sep 1847 | 4 | |
| George Read | 3 Oct 1867 | 53 | |
| Sarah Read | Nov 1883 | 73 | |
Transcription by Morag Curtis
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