| Description | Annotated 'Inscriptions on gravestones containing the Epitaphs collected by William Watson late of Seaton Ross, but now of Pocklington, Feb 1853. Some of these Epitaphs were collected more than thirty years ago.' Includes an index of places with names.
On an entry relating to Joseph Rogerson who died on 6 Sep 1820 aged 3 years at Pocklington, William Watson added 'This child was intered the day of the great Eclipse of the Sun therefore his brother the astronomer caused a delineation of that eclipse to be put on his gravestone.' |