Bramham, All Saints’

All Recorded Ledgerstones

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