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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Child Kezia Helyer

Title: Child
Forenames: Kezia
Surnames: Helyer
Date of Death: 12/12/1813
Burial Date: 17/12/1813
Age at Death Years: 4
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC004 (headstone) & HC002 (footstone)
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard H6-147 (headstone) & D2-112 (footstone)
Grave Description: Large headstone with curved top and shoulders. Sculpted floral decoration at top and upper sides of stone. Triangular topped raised text panel with oval inset, centre top, containing frowning winged cherub. Engraved lettering. Matching footstone with engraved initials and date.

Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Headstone weathered and lichen covered, lettering very faint and difficult to read.

Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.
The headstone has been placed against the inside of the East Churchyard wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited. The footstone has been placed against the inside of the North Churchyard wall.

Inscription:

Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF KEZIA DAUGHTER OF
JAMES AND ELIZABETH HELYER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEMBER THE 12TH 1813
AGED 4 YEARS

Very dense text down full length of headstone, name KEZIA identified half way down, otherwise illegible.

Footstone
K * Z
1813

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
K Helyer (footstone) March 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
K Helyer (right) June 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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