Monday Mourning ~ Tomb Styles

Altar Tomb

 

An Altar Tomb like the one above in St.Peter and St. Pauls Churchyard is similar in shape to the plain, rectangular box of the Chest Tomb. However the Altar Tomb, which may be raised on a stepped plinth is more ornamental and often decorated with foliage and family crests on its sides and lid, it may even bear the sleeping effigy of the deceased and have an architecural canopy above it.

On Lid:

In Loving Memory of

Henry Pearle

who died at Dane House January 19th 1911

aged 93 years

His end was Peace, Peace Perfect Peace

On front:

Here Rests

The body of Ann Pearle

the beloved and loving wife of

Henry Pearle of Blunts Hall

who died Feb. 23rd 1892

Unfortunately I did not discover much about the Pearles, but found out something interesting about Blunt Hall, where the Pearles had lived.

   Frank Sainsbury 

Frank was not cut out for shop work and was dismissed as branch manger when his father caught him riding a bicycle around the shop. He was then sent to work on the farm of a family friend where he became successful. Blunt Hall Farm was purchased in 1902 and it was from here that he began suppling Eggs and Poultry to the family shop. Sainsburys is now one of the largest chains of Supermarkets in this country. 

Click on Frank's name under the photograph for more information on the Sainsbury Family.

Monday Mourning ~ The Prices of Kedington

Generations of the Price Family lived and died here in the small village of Kedington, Suffolk and were buried in these 19th Century graves in the churchyard of St. Peter and Paul - where no doubt, they also prayed.
And as the old saying goes - Those who pray together, Stay together - 
Even in death............