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Beaford Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions 1

Photographs taken 19 March 2008 by E L.McMullin

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SACRED /to the memory of / ROBERT HEARD / of this parish who dep / arted this life the 3rd day /of March in the year / of our Lord 1809 / aged years // Also William HEARD / son of the above / died Jan 25 1871 / aged 79 year.

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SACRED / to the memory of / Jane the Wife / Robert HEARD / who departed this / life the 4th day of June in / the year of Our Lord /1844 aged 70years // also Elizabeth / wife of William HEARD / died Nov 30 1874 / aged 82years.

Robert HEARD 3 March 1809 60 1749 [2594]

William HEARD 25 Jan 1871 79 1792 [6051]

Jane HEARD 4 June 1844 70 1774 [2595]

Elizabeth HEARD 30 Nov 1874 82 1792 [6073]

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Erected to / the memory of / John HEARD / of this parish / who died 26th of August 1850 / Aged 69 years /-/ Also in memory of / Rebecca HEARD / relict of the above, / who died 15th October 1861 / Aged 74 years  /-/ Blessed are the dead which / die in the Lord from henceforth / yea saith the spirit that they / may rest from their labours / and their works do follow them / Rev XIV

John HEARD 26 Aug 1850 69 1791 [1988]

Rebecca HEARD 15 Oct 1861 74 1787 [2121]

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In Affectionate / Remembrance of / George HEARD, /  of this parish / who departed this life / April 20th 1876 / Aged 53 years / “Return unto thy rest O / my soul for the hath / dealt bountifully with thee” / Psalm CXVI 7 / Also of / Susan / beloved wife of the above / who died Sep. 20th 1904 / Aged 79 years./ “For ever with the Lord / she loved so well”.

George HEARD 20 April 1876 53 1823 [6114]

Susan HEARD 20 Sep 1904 79 1825 [10731]

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SACRED / to the memory of / George HEARD / of this parish who departed this / life on the 31st day of May 1857 / Aged 61 years / Also to the memory of Elizabeth WILLIAMS / sister of the above who died on / the 31st day of January 1858 / Aged 80 years

 George HEARD 31 May 1857 61 1796 [10176]

Elizabeth WILLIAMS 31 Jan  1858 80  1778 [6066]

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SACRED / to the memory of / Betsy HEARD / daughter of John and Rebecca / Heard of this parish who / died Novr 2nd 1852, / aged 31 years / - / We are but of yesterday, and know / nothing because our days upon Earth are a shadow / Job VIII 9 / Watch therefore for you know not what / hour your Lord doth come / Matt XXIV 42

Betsy HEARD 2 Nov 1852 31 1821 [2598]

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SACRED to the memory of / Rebecca the wife of / Robert  HEARD formerly of this parish / who died sudden at Shepton Mallet / in the County of Somerset on her / way to Church on Christmas Day 1856 / Aged 39 Years / Th....

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SACRED / In the memory of / Robert HEARD / who died July 1876 Aged 59

/ Also to / Rebecca HEARD / daughter of the above  ... Shepton Mallet who died Sept 1876 Aged 25.

Rebecca HEARD 25 Dec 1856 37 1819 [10867] *

Robert HEARD   July  1876 # 59  1817 [2596]

Rebecca HEARD  Sep 1876 25  1851 [10869]

* Register has age 39

# Register has year 1875

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