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25. From a Grindstone now in use near Bridgehouse:—

Here lies the body of Fanny, the daughter of John Howard, who
th
departed this life the 8 day of February, 1774, in the fifth year of her
age.

The explanation given is that the gravestone was carried by a flood in the
Calder from Pipponden to the spot near which it is now used.

26. From a pane of glass of a Somersetshire Inn:—

Here lies Tommy Montague,
Whose love for angling daily grew;
He died regretted, while late out,
To make a capture of a trout.

27. From Ockham Churchyard:—

Though many a sturdy oak he laid along,
Felled by Death’s surer hatchet, here lies Spong.
Posts he oft made, yet ne’er a place could get,
And lived by railing, though he had no wit.
Old saws he had, although no antiquarian;
And stiles corrected, yet was no grammarian.

28. On a Watchmaker, in Lydford Churchyard, on the borders of
Dartmoor:—

Here lies, in horizontal position,
the outside case of
George Routleigh, watchmaker;
Whose abilities in that line were an honour to his profession.
Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the Regulator,
of all the actions of his life.
Humane, generous, and liberal,
his Hand never stopped
till he had relieved distress.