Inscription
This Stone is erected by
Voluntary contributions to the
Memory of the late
RICHARD FORWARD
who filled the situation of Vestry Clerk
51 Years, Parish Schoolmaster 53 Years
and Church Clerk 24 Years for
this Parish and terminated his
Earthly career JULY 25 1826
AGED 76 Years
In yonder sacred pile his voice was wont to sound,
And now his body rests within this hallowed ground;
He taught the peasant boy to read and use the pen,
His Earthly toils are o’er; He’s cried his last AMEN.
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