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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Mr George Cooper

Title: Mr
Forenames: George
Surnames: Cooper
Date of Death: 11/01/1845
Burial Date: 17/01/1845
Age at Death Years: 46
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003 & HC004
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard C6-260 & E6-196
Grave Description: Headstone (HC003 Plot 260) - round topped bedstead type headstone with deeply engraved lettering.

Footstone (HC004 Plot 196) - matching shaped footstone with engraved lettering.


Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Headstone has been severed and is buried in the ground and wedged in place with rough rubble, only top portion is visible.

Other Information: Last line of inscription, burial date and age from1986/87 Museums Community Project.
The headstone has been placed against the inside of the South Churchyard wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited. The footstone has been used to form pathway from south-east entrance gate to rear of east end of church (near gateway).

G Cooper (headstone)

Inscription:

Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE COOPER
SECOND SON OF JOHN AND JANE COOPER
(headstone buried)

WHO DIED AT RIDE
11 JANUARY 1845
(from previous transcription)

Footstone
G. C.
1845

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
G Cooper (footstone) December 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
G Cooper (footstone) December 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Death Notice

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