132 . KINGSBRIDGE 



"To 



The Memory of 



James Wood, 



Who departed this life 



On the 25th Jan 1 - 1835 ; 

 Aged 26 years. 

 Erected 

 by Mr. Jackson, of the Moult, as a testimony of his sincere 

 regret for the loss of a most valuable servant, whose many 

 excellent qualities caused him to be respected and lamented 

 by all who knew him." 



On another stone, over the remains of a child, aged two 

 years, we read these lines : — 



"Death takes the good, 

 Too good on earth to stay, 

 And leaves the bad, 

 Too bad to take away." 



(A sentiment, by the way, not particularly gratifying to 

 survivors). 



A white stone cross (on which, for a considerable time, 

 hung a wreath of "immortelles") bears the following 

 inscription : — 



"In memory of 



John Dyker, eldest son 



of John Dyker and Jane Thew, 



of Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 



who was drowned 



off Prawle Point, Dec r 10th, 



1868; aged 16 years." 



Many are the tombstones in this churchyard, overlooking 

 the sea, on which is inscribed the mournful word drowned. 



