Dear Listers
Rather late in the day I found the following in one of the National
Newspapers this week.
Quote
A search has now been launched by BBC History Magazine for the nation's most
curious, touching or enigmatic gravestone epitaphs - inspired by the concern
of Richard Smart, director of the National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions,
that many will soon be lost forever. Of the estimated 6m gravestones in
England, less that half have been recorded, and around 25,000 are thought to
be lost to weathering, vandalism or relocation each year. Dr Smart
re-surveyed eight parishes in Bedfordshire, first studied in the early 20th
Century, and found that a third of the information was lost or had become
barely legible over 80 years.
The public are invited to send the magazine -
bbchistorymagazine.com - their
favourite inscriptions by September 1, including a photograph, location and
a transcription.
Unquote.
I have sent this to the few mailing lists to which I have subscribed.
Glamorgan, Norfolk, Bristol & Somerset, Cornwall. At the risk of bombarding
other lists, may I ask that some of you send to the other lists to which you
have subscribed to be able to pass the message on.
Regards
Pat