Wednesday's Children

Standing along the path at the side of St. John the Baptist in Pinner, are the headstones of the  Hill and Weall families, their similarity in style and close proximity could suggest they may have been related.
However, the one thing they do share is the sad loss of their daughters.

The four headstones on the left belong to the Hill's and the two on the right are the Weall's 

Here Lyeth

the Body of

Jane Hill, Daughter of

Daniel & Susanna Hill

of this Parish

who departed this life

3rd June 1803

in the 8th Year of her Age

Here Lyeth

the Body of

Ann Hill, Daughter of

Daniel & Susanna Hill

of this Parish

who departed this life

29th October 1800

In the 14th Year of her Age

Here Lyeth

the Body of

Mary Weall Daughter of

John and Mary Weall

of this Parish

who departed this life

4th September 1800

Aged 8 Years

His Tongue Was Cut Out

In Memory of

William Locker

Who Died April 6th 1879

Aged 45 Years

His tongue was cut out seven months

before Death

Day by Day we all do miss him

'Thy will be done'

Rebecca His Wife

John Pilling

Who Died Nov. 4th 1875

Aged 81 Years

Esther His Wife Died August

6th 1879 Aged 74 Years

I thought I would start the New Year with a most unusual epitaph that I recently discovered whilst visiting Warrington Cemetery. Thanks to a helpful Supervisor, who pointed out this headstone when I asked him if there were any monuments of particular interest. Unfortunately he could give me no more information about the particulars of this most unusual epitaph.