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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Miss Caroline Elizabeth Hewett

Title: Miss
Forenames: Caroline Elizabeth
Surnames: Hewett
Date of Birth: 29/06/1831
Date of Death: 19/07/1848
Burial Date: 24/07/1848
Age at Death Years: 17
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard A6-025
Grave Description: Very large solid trefoil cross with central Lamb of God motif carved within a circular collar with relief lettering. Engraved lettering on stem of cross. Surrounding high solid plain kerbstones. Very large solid trefoil topped footstone with engraved lettering. Plot has stone slab cover.

Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Kerbstones are broken in several places

Other Information: This memorial is in the south-west corner of the churchyard, near the walls and shaded by large trees.
Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project

Annette and Caroline were the daughters of the Rev Philip Hewett, Rector of Binstead Parish for 46 years, source: Guide to the Parish Church of the Holy Cross, Binstead, by Nick Wallace, 2007

Inscription:

Central collar
O LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKETH AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD HAVE MERCY UPON US.

Stem of cross
ANNETTE
AND
CAROLINE ELIZABETH
HEWETT
BORN JUNE 15 1830
DIED JULY 3 1848

BORN JUNE 29 1831
DIED JULY 19 1848

Footstone - across central bar
A H / IH S/ C E H

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
A & C Hewett September 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Parents Marriage; Birth; Death; Burial

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