B46    Tombstone. 2115l x 930h x 1420w, Table tomb with inclined sides on plinth, white limestone. Fair condition inscribed two sides in leaded lettering. Iron railings missing.

            South side:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

JEREMIAH DIXON ESQ^R OF PARK STREET LONDON,

LATE OF FELFOOT NEAR WINDERMERE LAKE WESTMORELAND

WHERE FOR HIS UPRIGHT AND FIRM DEPORTMENT

AS A MAGISTRATE. FOR THE URBANITY AND MILDNESS

OF HIS MANNERS AND HIS EXEMPLARY PATIENCE

AS A CHRISTIAN

HE WILL BE LONG REVERED BELOVED AND

LAMENTED

DIED APRIL 21^ST 1818 AGED 64.

            North side:

ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF MARY, WIFE OF THE SAID JEREMIAH DIXON ESQ^R

SECOND DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIRESS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

JOHN SMEATON ESQ^R ARCHITECT. F.R.S.

OF AUSTHORPE LODGE, NEAR LEEDS, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK.

WHO DIED APRIL 30^TH 1820, AGED 60 YEARS

INHERITING MUCH OF THE GREAT INTELLECT OF HER FATHER,

ENDOWED WITH VARIOUS TALENTS,

WHICH APPLICATION BROUGHT TO A DEGREE OF PERFECTION, SELDOM EQUALLED,

SHE NEVER LOST SIGHT OF THAT HUMILITY TOWARDS GOD,

WHICH BECOMES A FRAIL AND SINFUL MORTAL.

HOLDING FIRMLY THAT FAITH IN HER BLESSED REDEEMER

WHICH IS THE ONLY HOPE OF A CHRISTIAN.

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