Window Light

The evening sun shining in through a window on the opposite side of All Saints Church in Kirby Underdale illuminated the window above.

Taphophile Treasure Trove!

These three grave stones were propped up outside the porch of All Saints Church in Kirby Underdale, just waiting for a visiting Taphophile! One hundred years separates the stones, the oldest (1766) is on the left and the inscription reads:

Here 

lies the body of 

William Dobinson

Late of Hunckleby who

Departed this Life the 17th Day of

March 1766 aged 76 years

He was an Indulgent Husband 

and a Kinde father

 The middle stone is for a woman, although in keeping with the times her husband's name is writ larger, even though he does not appear to be buried here!

Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 

Here sleeps Isabella wife of

Rev. Thos H. Barton

who died April 11th 1866

Aged 37 years

Jesus. Master have mercy on us

Luke 17.13

 
The stone on the right is in bad repair and difficult to read but appears to say

In

Memory of

John Gra-es

late of Hanging Grimstone

who died 22nd April 1816

Aged 84 years

There remaineth therefore A rest

to the people of God

  

The stone on the left says something about the departed. The fashion changes from the 18th century to the 19th where a religious text is deemed more suitable than personal attributes.
I like the look of the middle stone the best but the wording on the oldest appeals the most. As someone fortunate enough to have had a kind father I could relate to the sentiment behind this memorial nearly 250 years later. 

Taking part in Taphophile Tragics

Family Motto

This gravestone is in All Saints Church, Kirby Underdale, a small village near York, and is one of a number of memorials featuring the same crest and motto 'I like my choice'. Mottoes are often Latin inscriptions and I was slightly surprised to find an English example so investigated further.
Buried here is Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood (1881 -1959) 1st Earl of Halifax. Amongst his many public roles he was Member of Parliament for Ripon 1910-25, served in WW1 as Lt Col Queens own Yorkshire Dragoons, was Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1926-31), Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords 1935-37, and Chancellor Oxford University 1933-59. He was also Master of Foxhounds for the Middleton Hunt.
The coat of arms was granted in 1944 so during his lifetime. A life in the service of his country, and also of enormous privilege. I wonder what he considered to be his choice?
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