Headstones at St Luke Hickling. Rebekah Collishaw 1749. Belvoir Angel
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--4b- One of the Belvoir Angels headstones by a Hickling craftsman. This is inscribed on the back of her husbands slate. To: Rebekah wife of Edward Collishaw d. Oct. 5th 1749. Poem:- Afflictions sore long time I bore/ Physitions was in Vain/ Till Death gave ease as God did please/ To ease me of my pain-. The choice of verse may indicate a victim of cancer. (Photo Sept 2012).
Uploaded by Andrew H Jackson
on 29 September 2012
