Location: Churchyard.
IN
EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF
EDMUND ETHERTON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBY 25TH 1900
AGED 72 YEARS
FORTY YEARS BLACKSMITH IN THE PARISH
OF FELPHAM
"MY SLEDGE AND HAMMER LIE RECLINED,
MY BELLOWS, TOO, HAVE LOST THEIR WIND;
MY FIRE EXTINCT, MY FORGE DECAYED,
AND IN THE DUST MY VICE IS LAID;
MY COAL IS SPENT, MY IRON IS GONE,
MY NAILS ARE DRIVEN, MY WORK IS DONE.".
Type: Stone grave marker (external).
Monument Condition: Unknown.
Inscription Condition: Unknown.
Last name: Etherton.
First Name(s): Edmund.
Birth date: Not given.
Death date: 25 Feb 1900.
Age: 72.
Transcribed from a Hartmaan postcard
Transcribed by: Mark Collins.
Batch: Unknown.