Monument record 1634/3 - Plague Victims' Gravestones near Bowstonegate

<1> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, Vol.II p.314 (Book). SCH1080.

'Near here [Bowstones Farm] are several gravestones, placed there in 1646, probably in memory of those who died of the plague...On a recent visit to the Bow Stone, I met with three other gravestones bearing these inscriptions:

HEARE. LYETH. THE. BODY. OF. RALPHE. BLAKEWALL. WHO. DYED. IVLY. THE. 29. ANO. DMI. 1646.

HEARE. LYETH. THE. BODY. OF. ELLEN. BLAKEWALL. WHO. DYED. IVLY. THE. 26. ANO. DMI. 1646.

HEARE. LYETH. THE. BODY. OF. ROBERT. BLAKEWALL. WHO. DYED. IVLY. THE. .... ANO. DMI. 1646.'

<2> Marshall S, 1967, Disley Ancient and Modern, p.23-5 (Book). SCH1054.

'...two other small ones [gravestones] have been rescued and replaced against the wall in the next field below Bow Stones farm. These, in crude lettering are inscribed:

HEARE LYETH THE BODY OF ROBERT BLAKEWALL WHO DYED SEP (?) THE - ANO DOM 1646
HEARE LYETH THE BODY OF ---HE BLAKEWALL WHO DYED ANO DOM 1646 MAY THE 26'