Headstone, oval top, Hornton stone. Inscription on the east side. Badly spalled and flaking at centre right. Quite a lot of black paint remaining in the lettering. Decorated with pouting cherub at top centre, on wings, surrounded by foliage. The inscription is within a raised shield shaped area. There are possibly some faint lines of verse at the bottom of the stone, which have been entirely lost.
Sacred to the memory of John s[on] of John & Ma[ria LO]UCH who died [----------- ] 185[-] aged 7 years and 3 months
[BR: "1851 4 Feb LOUCH John 7yrs North Leigh". See also H72. ]
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