Memorial Title
J W Bates
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: All Saints' Churchyard Tamworth Rd (B6540) Sawley Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: NG10 3AT, NGR: SK 47288 31393 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: Northeast of the church. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: An addition to the lettering on a headstone on a family grave. The rectangular grey headstone has a flat top, stepped shoulders, wide margins decorated with foliage and flowers, and an inlaid inscription in upright capital roman lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong stone base with a moulded top. Glossary |
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Inscription
| [IN] LOVING MEMORY OF [WILLIAM] THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF FLORENCE BATES, DIED JUNE 12TH 1934, AGED 68 YEARS. ALSO OF FLORENCE BATES, AT REST NOV. 14TH. 1949, AGED 82 YEARS. ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER FLORENCE MARY BATES AT REST NOV. 28TH 1974 AGED 77 YEARS ALSO JOHN WILLIAM SON OF THE ABOVE DIED IN FRANCE [SEPTR. 26TH] 1917, AGED 21 YEARS. BE YE ALSO READY, FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE KNOW NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH. [Some lettering missing or damaged.] |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Sawley with Wilsthorpe Parish Council; Shardlow (later South East Derbyshire) Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Sawley Parish Council; Erewash Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
5th June, 2008: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and the inscription was legible.
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