The Mashford Family Graves in Coldridge
The Mashford graves surround an old yew tree at the East end of St Matthew's Church.
The tomb stone for
Mary Mashford (née Labbett -died 1834) is well preserved. The epitaph reads:
With patience his afflicting rod
She meekly did sustain
Untill it pleased her gracious God
To set her free from pain.
Right: The tomb stone for Jane and Josiah Mashfords' grave faces towards the tree.
In Memory of Jane Mashford
Who died 31 July 1860
Aged [63] years
Also Josiah her
Husband [Coldridge] Parish
Clerk who died Feby 8
1871 aged 73 years
His end was peace
Below Left: The stone for John Mashford ( d 1834) is to the right of his wife Mary's (top) and had been broken in half by the growing tree.
Below Right: This stone on the far side of the tree is very weathered and probably is that of Lancelot Mashford, infant son of Josiah and Jane, who died in 1835
