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Headstone with ogee top. Extensive decoration in high relief over the top third of the stone. A pouting cherub's head at top centre, with feathers extending either side of the head. Elaborate swirls on either side. Some erosion in centre of stone.

[In] memory [of]
[------]
DANIELL who died
April ye [1]6 17[9]4 aged
[50] years [of age]
[----] Hannah [daughter]
DANIELL who [died]
aged 15 months

[BR: -" 1794 19 Apr DANIEL William" -- AND -- "1786 17 May DANIEL Hanah, dtr. of William (Mr) and Mary. " - AND - Baptism Register: "1785 3 Apr DANIEL Hanah (twin) William & Mary brought to church privately baptised before". William may have been a relative of Edward Daniell, buried North Leigh in 1773, described in the burial register as "Holy Court - farmer, a man much beloved and deservedly so, by all his associates". ]


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