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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Mr William Luard Wollaston

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Luard
Surnames: Wollaston
Date of Death: 24/09/1821
Burial Date: 29/09/1821
Age at Death Years: 21
Grave Type: Vault
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC001
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard B2-066 -069
Grave Description: Large rectangular burial area containing 4 connected plots each covered with large and long white ledger stones which are connected on their sides vertically and are very similar in design. The two ledgers on the right are identical in size and the two on the left are the same length but slightly narrower. Engraved lettering. Partial remains of red brick base. Has the appearance of a semi-collapsed vault, the ledgers forming the cover.

Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: The stone on the extreme left is very sunken, cracked centre vertically, and with two horizontal cracks. Text is almost completely illegible. The stone second from left looks identical in design, is very sunken, has two horizontal cracks and one short vertical crack at the top. Most of the text is illegible. The stone on the far right is in better condition, not sunken and fully legible. The stone second from right looks identical to the one on extreme right but is sunken with a horizontal crack and although weathered and eroded in places is fully legible.

Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

Ledger 69 (extreme right)
IN MEMORY OF
WILLM LUARD WOLLASTON
WHO DIED SEPT 24TH 1821
IN THE 22ND YEAR OF HIS AGE

Ledger 68 (second from right)
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF JOHN KEARNEY ESQ
OF GOWRAN, CO. KILKENNY
IRELAND
& OF CATLEY, HEREFORDSHIRE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AUGUST 17 1826
AT NEWLANDS RYDE AGED 45
LEAVING A NUMEROUS
FAMILY
WHO LAMENT HIS LOSS

ALSO
CATHARINE FOLEY
SECOND DAUGHTER OF
JOHN AND ANNE
WALLER KEARNEY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANY 20 1828
AGED 7 YEARS

Ledger 67 (second from left)
(SA)CRED
(TO THE) MEMORY OF
...... THE BELOVED WIFE
OF WM BRITT...
OF .... BOURN BO...
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
... 2... 1855 ? 1835?
AGED 27 YEARS
2 lines of illegible sentiment

Ledger 66 (extreme left)
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
...
...
,,,KEARNEY ...
OF
...
...

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
W Wollaston September 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
Wollaston & Kearney family September 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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