E48

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Mantel top chest tomb with 6 inscribed side panels. There are two inscribed panels on each of the south and north sides and one panel on each of the east and west sides. The panels have on either side full height narrow arched designs. At the top corners of the panel is a design of three pears. At the bottom corners there is a design resembling a four petal poppy. There are traces of black paint on parts of the design, and some of the lettering retains black paint. The top of the tomb has a shallow coping, and on each corner of the top there is a triangular stone "lug", having a design of a three lobed fruit on the two outer sides. In a photograph from the mid 1900s, this tomb is surrounded by railings, which were presumably removed in the 1940s. There are two inscriptions on the south side. The left hand one is:

Sacred
to the memory of
James LORD
who departed this life
June 7 1848
In the 70^th year of his age
[ Boast not thyself of tomorrow
for thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth
Prov. xxvii. i ]

The south side right hand one is:

Also
in memory of
Mary widow of
James LORD
who departed this life
June 10 1858
aged 81 years

The inscription on the east side is partly lost due to the stone having crumbled. The quotation is from Psalm 116, verse 5 "Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful" :

In memory o[f]
Maria wife [of]
[Ric]hard HE[-----]
and daughter
[of] [J]am[es]
[an]d Mary [LORD?]
Who died Oct 2 [1859?]
aged 45 years
[-----] the Lord and [----]
yea our God is merciful
Psalm [-]xvi 5

There are two inscriptions on the north side. The left hand one is:

In memory of
Robert LORD
who died April 6 186[8]
aged [5]9 years
Also of Sarah Ann
Daughter of Robert
and Ann LORD
who died Aug 13 1866,
aged 20 years

The north side right hand one is:

To the memory of
Ann wife of
Robert LORD
who died May 9^th 1850
aged 42 years
Also of Emily Jane
their daughter
who died Sep 16^th 1852
aged 15 years

The inscription on the west side is:

In memory of
Jane wife of
John LORD
Who died March [14] 1842
Aged 30 years
[Also of ]
Charles James
their son
who died Dec 10 1856
aged [23] years

[BR - (**South
left**)"1848 11 Jun LOW(?) James 69yrs North Leigh" -- AND -- -- (**South
right**) "1858 16 Jun LORD Mary 81yrs North Leigh" - AND -- -- (**East**) "1859 2 Nov HEMMINGS Maria 45yrs Northleach, Glos" -- AND -- (**East**) Marriage Register : "1854 19 Apr HEMMINGS Richard full wid Slater & Plaisterer Northleach (grooms father) HEMMINGS John - Mason & LORD Maria full spin ------ North Leigh (bride's father) LORD James Stone Cutter ---" -- AND -- (**North
left**) "1866 12 Apr LORD Robert 59yrs North Leigh" -- AND -- "1866 17 Aug LORD Sarah Ann 20yrs North Leigh" -- AND -- (**North
right**) "1850 15 May LORD Ann 43yrs North Leigh" -- AND -- "1852 21 Sep LORD Emily Jane 15yrs North Leigh" . In the 1851 Census, Robert is a farmer in North Leigh with 3 sons and 3 daughters living with him. Emily Lord is buried in a nearby plot (E49). A will of James Lord (d. 1858) is available. -- AND -- (**West**) "1856 15 Dec LORD Charles James 23yrs North Leigh". There is no North Leigh BR for Jane LORD. In the 1841 census Jane & John (b. 1799-1804) & family lived in Bampton. ]

The Parish Church of St Mary, North Leigh, Oxfordshire.