Missing headstones are at Whitehouse, English Bicknor (Announce)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Saturday, February 02, 2008, 15:34 (5921 days ago) @ llangrove

The stones of my Stephens ancestors were there in 1997, but were missing in 2007.

Just after seeing my original post above regarding the Inscriptions, Mike
Gwilliam sent us another document he had with details of the headstones that
were stacked against the wall. Above the descriptions was the following:

About 40 years ago a number of broken headstones were moved and stacked against
the school wall. In 1998 the Church Council agreed that Canon Brian Carne should
remove them and reuse as paving at Whitehouse, English Bicknor.

The following descriptions and inscriptions were noted before they were laid
face-down. Letters in square brackets are conjectural; a question mark indicates
that the reading is unclear.

All the names, dates and ages need to be checked with the burial register which
is in Gloucestershire Record Office, such checking will indicate which of the
Inscriptions commemorate persons who were not buried in the churchyard. All but
one are local stone.