Description

SK49SE WHISTON SCHOOL HILL
(off north-east side)
6/95 Headstone to
Rebekah Cutt
approximately
11 metres to
west of tower
of Church of
St. Mary Magdalene
GV II

Headstone. c1736. Red sandstone. Thick slab with shaped head and inscription
beneath relief carvings of knotted swags and skull and cross bones and flanked
by Doric pilasters surmounted by vases. Incised lettering reads:
Here Lyeth ye Body / of Rebekah the Wife of / Ionan Cutt of Sheffield /
who died july 10th : 1736 / in ye 27 Year of her age
All you that come my Grave to see / As I am now, so must you be
Repent in time, make no delay / I, in my prime was Snatch'd away
In Love I Liv'd, in Peace I dy'd / My life was ask'd by God deny'd
One of the earliest monuments of the churchyard and fine example of artisan
craftsmanship.

Listing NGR: SK4507690012

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26574998

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Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)