Cemetery, St. Mary's Church, Highley, Shropshire, England
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The_Senior_Crabbes
N 52° 26.808 W 002° 22.927
30U E 541994 N 5810913
Cemetery, St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Highley
Waymark Code: WM10CCE
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/13/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
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Some of the older areas laid mostly to grass, the more modern areas have long regimented lines of gravestones with few that are particularly unusual.

The tall column, located by the churchyard gate, is dedicated to a churchwarden with sixty years service and his family :-
"IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM JORDIN
OF NETHERTON
A LIBERAL BEBEFACTOR TO
THIS CHURCH AND FOR SIXTY
YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THE
PARISH.
DIED MARCH 28TH 1881
AGED 80 YEARS
HARRIET HIS WIFE
DIED SEPTR 5TH 1876
AGED 78 YEARS
SAMUEL JORDIN
HIS BROTHER
DIED DECR 3RD 1876
AGED 71 YEARS"
Name of church or churchyard: St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Highley

Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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