Headstone to Rev John Carter, Bushbury graveyard
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Headstone to Rev John Carter, Bushbury graveyard
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 3 Aug 2018
Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101205257-carter-headstone-approximately-3-metres-to-south-of-church-of-st-mary-bushbury-north-ward#.W51OXdQrLGg in 1992, the headstone commemorates the Revd John Carter (1739 - 1803) who was for '26 years the Pastor of the Catholic Congregation of Wolverhampton' The rest of the inscription, insofar as it's legible on the best version I have of this image, reads:- "He was a man of uncommon talents, comprehensive, energetic, splendid in his principles and independent in his conduct. Unvarying, ingenuous and kind. And though possessed of [...?...] cheerfully content. Ever ready to divide his [?] with the poor. Steadfast in his religious belief..." From this point onwards it becomes rather too illegible to transcribe in any meaningful manner, but you get the message. He appears to have been a genuinely decent sort of bloke; so much so that he ended up, rather unusually, buried in an Anglican graveyard.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.619844
Longitude
-2.11294