Tombs under a chestnut tree
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Tombs under a chestnut tree
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 27 Aug 2016
The churchyard at St Chad's was closed for burials in 1833. In 1973 most of the graveyard was levelled and many of the stones set into the ground as paving slabs. Just a small number of table tombs and memorials were left. The memorial on the right is to John Bowman who was the first secretary to the Fylde Temperance Union who died April 6th 1867, aged 25 years. The table tomb on the left, in memory of William Ellet, is festooned with fallen chestnuts. In the background is the door into the Clergy Vestry. The paths on the left lead down to the Market Place.
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Image Location
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