Gravestone, St Thomas's churchyard, Ashton-in-Makerfield
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Gravestone, St Thomas's churchyard, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 13 Jun 2023
Dated 1774 with the unusual inscription 'Their two breadths'. This apparently relates to the purchase of a burial plot wide enough to place two coffins side by side
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Image Location
Latitude
53.485646
Longitude
-2.638633