Description

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE TOWN HEAD
NY 9425
(East side)
24/146 (inset) Robinson tomb circa
22 metres south of
chancel of Church
of St. Mary
GV II

Headstone. Circa 1825 to Jane Robinson, wife of Christopher Robinson,
blacksmith, and members of their families to 1850; signed T. Snowball.
Sandstone ashlar slab c.1.7 metres high with shaped top. Top panel contains
hourglass, skeleton, cherub head and wings, and serpent and dove framing
book with motto BE YE/WISE/AS/SER/PENTS/AND/HARM/LESS/AS DOVES; ribbon
beside serpent 'ETERNITY HOW LONG', all in low relief. Well-cut inscription.
Rear has long verse, and signature in wreath at foot 'T. SNOWBALL FECIT'.

Listing NGR: NY9478025615

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499139

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)