There is a particularly fine collection of 17th and 18th Century headstones to the rear of the St. Leonard's Church in Swithland. The churchyard is beautifully kept. In the autumn sunshine this morning it was wonderfully peaceful. Hundreds of years having passed, the stories implied by the headstones do not carry the weight of sadness they undoubtedly did when fresh.
Here
lieth the Body of
Eliz: Daughter of
Tho: and Mary
Smith. She de-
-parted this life
Janr: ye 2d 1723/4.
Aged 13: years.
This stone memorial to the child Elizabeth Smith, is notable for the double dating and for the skull and crossed bones detail at the top.
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