CFHS code : AS124
Parish : All Saints
Inscription : Sacred to the Memory of RICHARD H EDWARDS d June 4 1848 aged [4]8 WILLIAM youngest son of the above d May 20 1850 aged 21 also RICHARD HENRY his eldest son d Aug 7 1855 aged 27 MARY ANN remainder illegible
Monument : Headstone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.203387, 0.13663058 – click here for location
Monument
This headstone stands against the west wall on the southern border of the parish of All Saints. This area is usually overgrown and inaccessible but was cleared in October 2022. Most of the carved inscription is still legible except for the epitaphs. The base of the stone is badly eroded.
Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of RICHARD H EDWARDS died June 4. 1848. Aged 48
4 lines illegible
WILLIAM youngest son of the above died May 20, 1850. Aged 21
1 line illegible
Also RICHARD HENRY his eldest son died Aug, 7. 1855. Aged 27
MARY ANN remainder illegible
Richard Henry Edwards (1800 – 4 June 1848)
It is believed that Richard Henry was the son of Richard and Ann Catherine Edwards who was baptised at the church of Andrew the Great on September 12th 1800. He became a cook and married Mary Ann Burroughs on 3 October 1826 at St. Andrew the Great Church. The couple had at least three children: Richard, William and Ann Maria (1835-1837) and lived at Kings Parade (1841) and then at 18 Trinity Street.
In March 1845 thirteen year old George Mills was charged with having obtained pastry from Richard with ‘intent to defraud’ and was sentenced to one week’s imprisonment with solitary confinement. Richard died aged 48 years and was buried at All Saints’ Church on 8 June 1848.
William Edwards (1829 – 20 May 1850)
William died aged 21 and was buried on 26 May.
Richard Henry Edwards (c.1828 – 7 August 1855)
Richard worked as a cook and confectioner and in 1851 was working with his mother at Trinity Street. He died at home aged 27 years old and was buried on 12 July.
Mary Ann Edwards (née Burroughs) (1800 – 1877)
Mary was born in North Pickenham, near Swaffham in Norfolk and married when she was 26. She worked as a cook/confectioner from Trinity Street (1851/1861) before running a Lodging House at 7 Jesus Lane (1871) and died aged 77 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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