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
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
