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Memorial: M5913

Gravestone at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Steele d. 1771

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'The Burial Place of / John Steele / Here lieth the / remains of / Martha Steele / who departed [this life] May 27th 1726 / Aged 27 Years / John Steele dept / [May] the 16th 1771 / ...Years / ... / Martha Burwo[od]... / departed this / Life April 9th 17[71?] / Aged = Years / The above John / Steele Departed / this Life Decb / the 24 [1771] / Aged / [76]'

Details

Description: Carved above the inscription - an angel sounding the last trump, a herring buss riding out rough seas, a skull and an hourglass.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone
Date Erected: circa 1772

People

Steele, John
Age: 76
Date of Death: 24/12/1771
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: The surface of this memorial is flaking badly. A transcription of the burial register at the Society of Genealogists notes a Martha Steele buried 29 May 1726, John Steel buried Dec 24th 1771 aged 76, John Steel buried 20 May 1771 and Martha Burwood buried 3 May 1771.

Bibliography: Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) p.122.
Photographer: Pippa Lacey, 2018

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters