Fern Kirkyard - Angus, Scotland
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Graveyard of medieval origin at the parish church of Fern in the Angus countryside in Scotland.
Waymark Code: WM16P6C
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/08/2022
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The parish of Fern is situated on the north edge of Strathmore in the county of Angus in eastern Scotland. The rural parish lies equidistance between the towns of Forfar and brechin and was the site of a medieval church before the current building was erected in 1806, with the baronial style tower added in 1883.
The original church would have been sited in the centre of the curved churchyard, with the new church being built on the north-west side. The churchyard on its elevated site, consists of many older gravestones dating back to the medieval building.
The church is now out of use with services being conducted in the village of Edzell.
The featured gravestone lies south of the church and reads as follows:
'ERECTED
BY
DAVID TOSH
MILLER AT FINHAVEN
IN MEMORY OF HIS CHILDREN
JANE WHO WAS DROWNED
29th APRIL 1850 AGED 3 YEARS
DAVID DIED 19th JAn 1859 AGED 13 MONTHS
ANN S. DIED 1st JAn 1863 AGED 13 YEARS
THE ABOVE DAVID TOSH DIED
11th AUGUST 1885 AGED 67 YEARS
AND HIS WIFE MARGARET EDGAR
DIED AT PLOVERMUIR
15th SEP. 1893 AGED 70 YEARS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER MARY
WHO DIED 22nd SEPT. 1920
AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER ESTHER
DIED IN CALIFORNIA
JAN. 1924 AGED 61 YEARS
INTERRED IN TURLOCK CEMETERY'