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Headstone - has fallen face down, but was lifted to transcribe & photograph, then replaced face down. It has an arc top. There is a raised cornice along the top edge of the stone. Similar to E 14 & E15. There is a cherub at centre top, with wings underneath the head and decorative foliage on either side of the head.

Sacred
to the memory of
James Bailis
CALCUTT
son of Harry and
Mary CALCUTT
who died May 29 1849
aged 1[4] years
Weep not [ ----- ]
[ ----]
God called [ ----]
And gone to rest eternal [ ---- ]

[BR - "1849 2 Jun CALCUTT James Bailiss 14yrs North Leigh". Harry was baptised in Northleigh on 30th October 1796, with parents Robert & Mary (E14 & E15), but had no children of his own baptised here. James died just two years after his grandmother Mary. ]


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