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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Mr David James

Title: Mr
Forenames: David
Surnames: James
Date of Death: 10/01/1820
Burial Date: 16/01/1820
Age at Death Years: 89
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC001
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard B3-064
Grave Description: Double round topped headstone with shoulders and engraved lettering. Central vertical dividing line.
Grave Condition Description: Good considering age of memorial. Heavy crusted lichen and moss cover on stone, right side more weathered than left and less easy to read. Some words have letters above and below main line of script, often seen in memorials of this age.
Other Information: Recorded as David James of Havenstreet and burial date added, source: 1986/87 Museums Community Project.
The lines of Biblical text are from Psalm 119.

Inscription:

Left side
IN
MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH JAMES
WIFE OF DAVID JAMES
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE THE 23RD APRIL
1815
AGED 75 YEARS

I KNOW THY JUDGEMENTS LORD ARE RIGHT
THO THEY MAY SEEM SEVERE
THE SHARPEST SUFFRINGS I ENDURE
FLOW FROM THY FAITHFUL CARE

Right side
IN
MEMORY OF
DAVID JAMES
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE JANY 10TH 1820
AGED 89 YEARS

HAD NOT THY WORD BEEN MY DELIGHT
WHEN EARTHLY JOYS WERE FLED
MY SOUL OPPRESSD WITH SORROWS WEIGHT
HAD SUNK AMOMGST THE DEAD

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
E & D James November 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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