Grave - King; Richard Dore and Sarah Sheppard

One of a group of nine Grade II Listed limestone Chest tombs of which four belong to the King family

Location

East churchyard – 3 metres east of chancel east wall 

Inscription

Sacred to the Memory of / Richard Dore King / Eldest son of Richard Dore King / And Elizabeth his Wife / Who departed this Life / October the 5th 1862 / Aged 49 Year.

Reverse

To the Memory of / Sarah Sheppard King / daughter of Richard Dore / and Elizabeth King / Born 20th February 1821./ Died 9th March 1896.

Sources

Memorials … and other Grave Matters by the Rev. Brian Carne, B.Com Friends of Lydiard Tregoz Report No. 12 published 1979

The Principal Farms and Occupying Farmers of Lydiard Tregoz, 1839-1895 by William L. Jacob, Friends of Lydiard Tregoz Report No. 23 published 1990.