George Newton's Grave, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Cheshire.

George Newton's Grave, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Cheshire.

Location

In the graveyard of St. Michael and all Angels's church, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Cheshire.

Inscription

IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
GEORGE NEWTON
OF STALYBRIDGE
WHO DIED AUGUST 7th 1871
IN HIS ?4TH YEAR.
THOUGH HE LIVED LONG THE OLD MANS GONE AT LAST
NO MORE HE'LL BREATH THE HUNTSMAN'S STIRRING BLAST
THOUGH FLEET AS REYNARD IN HIS YOUTHFULL PRIME
AT LENGTH HE'S YIELDED TO THE HAND OF TIME
BLITH AS A LARK DRESSED IN HIS COAT OF GREEN
WITH HOUNDS AND HORN THE GALLANT MAN WAS SEEN
BUT AH . DEATH CAME . WORN OUT AND FULL OF YEARS
HE DIED IN PEACE MOURNED BY HIS OFFSPRINGS TEARS

George Newton's Grave, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Cheshire.

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