Inscription B015 Index Area Plan MI Plan B < Prev. Next >

Stone cross set on 3 plinths within 4 kerbstones. Many of the metal letters have fallen away.

South kerb.

+
BESEECHING THE[E] TO [G]I[V]E US GRACE

East Kerb.

S[O] T[O] FOLL[OW]

North kerb.

THE[I]R GO[OD] [E]XAMPLES
+

West kerb. No inscription seen.

East upper plinth.

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
GERARD MOULTRIE

East middle plinth.

PRIEST FOR SIXTEEN YEARS
VICAR OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL ASLEEP ON THE FEAST OF S. MARK
APRIL 25 1885 AGED 55

East lower plinth. Some inscription is under soil level.

BROTHER NOW THY TOILS ARE OVER.
FOUGHT THE BATTLE, WON THE CROWN
ON LIFE'S ROUGH AND BARREN SHORE
[_under soil level__]

South upper plinth.

Also of

South middle plinth.

ELIZABETH MOULTRIE
WHO FELL ASLEEP MARCH 7 1921
"MAY SHE REST IN PEACE"

Burial Register: A461, A623. Register gives age of Elizabeth Moultrie as 91.

See also Memorial Index reference C008 for a brass plaque inside the Church for Gerard Moultrie.

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