Description

901-1/0/10144 BATH ROAD
30-JAN-03 Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery

GV II

Headstone of P.C. Richard Hill (d.1869)
Grey Pennant stone headstone. Segmental head, pierced panel to centre with quatrefoils and four-armed stars. Epitaph in Gothic lettering.
HISTORY: Hill was 'a Police Constable of the City of Bristol who was murdered whilst in the execution of his duty in Gloucester Lane 26th April 1869 aged 31 years'. The epitaph is a late example of a memento mori verse: 'What is man's life, 'tis as a flower / Looks fresh and dies within an hour / How frail is man - how short his breath / In the midst of life we are in death'. Listed for its visual and historic interest.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633625

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]