For almost 200 years there had been a doctor resident in Bow. I was the twenty-ninth.
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THE MEDICAL GENTLEMEN OF BOW
Haycroft Grave at Sandford Church
In 1912, Dr Charles Haycroft died at Bow from an infection he contracted when treating a patient with puerperal fever. His funeral was at Sandford on 10th August.
Below - All that remains of the grave of Dr and Mrs Haycroft on the left of the steps leading to the main entrance of St Swithun's Church in Sandford
The headstone, which has broken into two, can be seen lying against another tomb in the top right.
I temporarily reassembled the headstone on the grass.
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
A DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND
CHARLES HENRY HAYCROFT
FOR 30 YEARS SURGEON AT BOW, DEVON.
HE DIED ON AUGUST 7. 1912.
GREATLY REGRETTED.
ALSO
ANNIE SELINA HAYCROFT
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO FELL ASLEEP JUNE 24TH 1935
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS
FLEE AWAY."
