Church of England
Bramham
West Yorkshire
SE4271543036
Mr Chips Browning
Terry Lug Farmhouse
Bramham Park
Bramham
Wetherby
LS22 6LT
jw.hedley@ntlworld.com
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1640
1734
Recorded Ledgerstones
Bramham, All Saints’ : Ledgerstone 1
Rectangular
Aligned W/E
Lettering is central, deep V from inscription to base
Incised Roman caps +JOH for John
Condition fairly good
Yellow stone
1691
54.5 x 24 inches
1390 x 600 mm
HERE LIES THE
BODIE OF FRAN
CEIS CLOUGH
THE WIFE OF
JOH CLOUGH
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE
21 OF FEBRUARY
IN THE YEARE
OF OUR LORD
1691
Jane Hedley
Bramham, All Saints’ : Ledgerstone 2
Rectangular
Aligned W/E
Top only, with a line border incised round her inscription
Roman caps lightly incised; VIJ for 7th
Condition very poor, top layer much flaked off
Sandstone
1640
69 x 26 inches
1750 x 660 mm
HEARE LYETH THE BODY OF
SUSANNA SCOTT WIFE OF
LEONARD SCOTT OF HULL
WHO WAS BURIED THE VIJ
OF OCTOBER 1640
Jane Hedley
Bramham, All Saints’ : Ledgerstone 3
Rectangular
Aligned W/E
Central inscription. Indecipherable words are incised down both sides
Roman caps with serifs and V used for U, I for J
Condition: clear inscription, stone pitted in parts
Dark yellow stone
1658
71 x 31 inches
1800 x 800 mm
HERE LIETH THE BODY
OF ANN LINLEY WIFE
OF NICHOLAS LINLEY
OF OTLEY WHO WAS
BVRIED THE 14 DAY
OF IULY 1658
SHE NOW IS DEAD AND
IN THE GRAVE DOTH REST
NO DOVBT I HOPE HER SOVL
WITH GOD IS BLEST
O WOVLD TO GOD THAT I
WITH HER MAY AIME
TO PVRCHASE HEAVEN &
GET ETERNAL FAME
PER ME NICH LIN
Jane Hedley
Bramham, All Saints’ : Ledgerstone 5
Rectangular
Aligned W/E
Lettering on upper half
Incised roman caps with serifs, J used for I
Condition: surface is quite badly pitted
Brown stone
1734
55 x 23.5 inches
1400 x 590 mm
Christopher Sanderson was vicar of Bramham from 1717-1735
CHRISTOPHER
SANDERSON
J9 YEARS VICAR
OF THIS PLACE
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE
J7TH OF DECEMBER
1734
AND BY HIM
LYETH TWO OF
HIS CHILDREN
Jane Hedley