Photographs taken 19 March 2008 by Eric.McMullin
Transcribed 15 April 2000 at Beaford Churchyard.
20) Sacred/ to the memory of / ELIZABETH / wife of Francis DIMENT of / this parish who died on / the 4th of March 1853 / Aged 59 years / She rested in hope of a joyful / resurrection.
Elizabeth DIMENT [3] Francis DIMENT [55]
21) Carved at top with rays from top, dove on branch below. Cherubs on either side. Around top -
In / Loving Remembrance of / HENRY DYMOND / who died 15th May 1873 / Aged 18 years / Asleep in Jesus Blessed Sleep /From which none ever awake to weep / O Calm & undisturbed repose / Unbroken by the last of foes / Asleep in Jesus O how sweet / To be for such a slumber meet / With Holy Confidence to sing / That Death has lost its fateful sting. / Erected by his brother William.
Henry DYMOND / William DYMOND
22) alongside 21. Urn with flourishes on top.
Thy will —— be done. / In Affectionate Remembrance / of / WILLIAM DIMOND / who Died Oct 28th 1873 / Aged 77 years / Also of MARY his wife / who died Aug 8th 1875 / Aged 75 Years / Thou shall come to thy grave in a full / age like as a shock of corn cometh in / in his season.
<there is an ‘in’ at the end of one line and another at the start of the next>.
William DIMOND [133] / Mary DIMOND [15]
23) IHS / In Loving Memory of / MARY / of this Parish / who fell asleep in Jesus / Jan 26th 1894 / Aged 51 Years / “The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken / away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. /PINACOTT.
Mary DYMOND