Drowned by shipwreck...
Drowned by shipwreck. There are many gravestones in the eighteenth and nineteenth century which tell of deaths at sea. The inscription is below, but Twweedmouth appears to be a spelling mistake with an extra 'w'....
IN
AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM CATHERALL
THE BELOVED SON OF
JOHN & ELIZA CATHERALL OF ASTON
WHO DROWNED BY SHIPWRECK
OFF THE SCOTTISH COAST
ON MARCH 3RD
AND WAS INTERRED
IN TWWEEDMOUTH CEMETERY
MARCH 20TH 1886
WE SHALL MEET BEYOND THE RIVER
WHERE THE BILLOWS CEASE TO ROLL
WHEN IN ALL THE BRIGHT FOR EVER
SORROW NE'ER SHALL PRESS THE SOUL
ALSO THE ABOVE ELIZA CATHERALL
WHO DIED JUNE.....
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