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Headstone, oval top, with floral decoration near the top of the stone. There is a tapered body stone without inscription. There is no footstone.

Sacred
to the memory
of
William ADAMS
who died Nov. 16th. 1837
aged 60 years.
Dear wife and children all agree
prepare yourselves to follow me
[To mansions] of eternal [rest]
To be with Christ for ever blest.

[BR: "1837 20 Nov ADAMS William 60yrs North Leigh". William ADAMS and his wife Elizabeth baptised 6 children at the church. He was listed as a Farmer. His wife died in 1865 aged 83 years. In the 1851 census, Elizabeth is listed as a Farmer of 40 acres employing 2 labourers.]


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