Headstone, light brown Hornton stone, lying flat, face up. Top points west. Covered with a thin layer of turf. A tall gothic shaped stone, with a roundel on top. The roundel is inscribed with a quatre foil design and "IHS". The edges of the stone are decorated by chains of flowers, buds and leaves.
Sacred to the memory of James BUSHNELL Who died June 3 1864 aged [--] years Also of Ann his wife who died Feb 17 1860 aged 78 years [ four lines of verse, not legible ]
[BR: "1864 13 Jun BUSHNELL James 82yrs Kilns, Eynsham" -- AND -- "1860 22 Feb BUSHNELL Anne 78yrs Stile's Kilns Eynsham". In the 1841 census, James was a brick maker at the kilns that stood opposite the Eynsham Park sawmill in Cuckoo Lane. ]
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