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Condition: Good. Shallow inscription beginning to fade.<br />

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Memorial No.<br />

Recorder: MS<br />

Type: Headstone Material: S<strong>an</strong>dstone Facing: East<br />

Dimensions (mm) Height 1370. Width 730. Thickness 125.<br />

Detail: Carved top edge – raised semi-circular centre, shoulders reduced by inverted curves.<br />

Inscription:<br />

ERECTED<br />

by <strong>an</strong> afflicted Father;<br />

to the memory of<br />

Two b[……][…..]ghters<br />

whose lives w[……………] hearts sincere<br />

[…………………<br />

………………….]<br />

……](a)in<br />

…..]one.<br />

…]inson<br />

Condition: Poor – le<strong>an</strong>ing <strong>an</strong>d the inscription is heavily eroded.<br />

Note: In 1827 Jack Hutchinson lost two daughters to consumption, Bessy <strong>an</strong>d J<strong>an</strong>e, both in their<br />

20s.They are buried at <strong>Sockburn</strong> close to their mother J<strong>an</strong>e <strong>an</strong>d aunt Margaret.A tombstone<br />

was erected by their ‘afflicted Father’ (Barker 2000, 839). The final two lines of the inscription are<br />

visible towards the foot of the stone, but not legible.<br />

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Memorial<br />

Recorder: MS<br />

Type: Chest tomb Material: S<strong>an</strong>dstone<br />

Oriented: long axis east-west, top slab inscription is read from the east end.<br />

Dimensions (mm) Height 960. Width 1040. Length 2100.<br />

Detail: Chest tomb with plain limestone ‘table top’ slab (chamfered edges) <strong>an</strong>d limestone p<strong>an</strong>els<br />

decorated with bosses. Classical pilasters at corners <strong>an</strong>d mid-way along long axes<br />

Inscription:<br />

Here lies the Body of Sarah Hutchinson<br />

Daughter of<br />

Thomas Hutchinson [ ] Whitton<br />

Who died July 18 th 1786 in the<br />

[…] Year of her Age<br />

Condition: Subsiding. Clear, but locally eroded inscription.<br />

Note: Surtees records the inscription as ‘…of Whitton, who died July the 18th, 1786, in the 76th<br />

year of her age’ (Surtees, R. 1823, 250).<br />

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Memorial No.<br />

Recorder: CW<br />

Type: Ledger Material: Limestone<br />

Oriented: long axis east-west, inscription is read from the east end.<br />

Dimensions (mm) Length 2000. Width 950. Thickness Unknown.<br />

Detail: Plain limestone ledger forming part of the floor of the nave/south aisle.<br />

Inscription:<br />

R<br />

ENGLISH HERITAGE <strong>Sockburn</strong><br />

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