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Monument
DescriptionHead stone
Inscription

....RY COX .... this life ....year of .... do ....er lieth .... ...OX their .... .... life .... ...ed 14 years .... ....N HEARN their daughter ....Hearn .... who died ...Feby .... 1859 aged 3.. y....

NotesLocation: Yew block. Stone broken. Probably Mary Cox, possibly also on top broken away JOB died Apr 1846 aged 46.

Internees
NameDate of deathAgeResidence
Mary? CoxApr 184948
Ellen Cox185114
Mary Ann HearnFeb 185932

Transcription by Morag Curtis

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