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St Mary, Threlkeld, Cumbria, NY32182535 -- Memorial to hunstmen:-
Round the base:-
It seems to have been made about 1902?
"A FEW FRIENDS HAVE UNITED TO RAISE THIS STONE IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE UNDERNAMED WHO IN THEIR GENERATION WERE NOTED VETERANS OF THE CHASE AND MOST OF WHOM LIE BURIED IN THIS CHURCH-YARD" "The Forest Music is to hear the Hounds / Bend the thin Air, and with a lusty cry / Awake the drowsy echo, and confound / Their perfect language in a mingled voice. / GAX" (photo 23.10.2006)