St Mary, Kirkburn - lych gate carving
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St Mary, Kirkburn - lych gate carving
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 8 Jul 2017
A relief carving inside the lych gate Image, added in 1924. The text on this side is "sister Martha this gateway is dedicated by Lucy Prince-Smith 1924". Presumably it was dedicated to Martha who had died in 1923 aged only 51; the sisters were among the children of Sir Prince Smith (see shared description), whose wife and mother were also called Martha (information from the family website www.terry-smith.info ).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.98187
Longitude
-0.507536