Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

All Saints, Beckley

Inscription:

MRS SARAH DURHAM OF THIS PARISH BY WILL DATED
FEBY 3RD 1864 DIRECTED £300 sterling TO BE INVESTED IN
THE PUBLIC FUNDS OF GREAT BRITAIN IN THE NAME OF
THE RECTOR OF BECKLEY FOR THE TIME BEING: THE
PROCEEDS THEREOF TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SAID
RECTOR AND APPLIED BY HIM ANNUALLY AT HIS
DISCRETION FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH POOR PERSONS
OF THE SAID PARISH OF BECKLEY AS HE SHOULD
CONSIDER THE MOST DESERVING.
MRS DURHAM WAS ALSO DURING HER LIFE-TIME A
LIBERAL BENEFACTRESS TO THE PARISH OF BECKLEY.

Monument details:

Type: Stone Tablet.

Monument Condition: Excellent.

Inscription Condition: Excellent.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Durham.

First Name(s): Sarah.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: Not given.

Age: Unknown or not given.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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