Isiah Briggs – Inscription

Birth: Unknown

 

Died: 18th June 1891

 

Place of Death: Ward Street

 

Interred: West Hartlepool Cemetery, which now forms part of North Cemetery

 

Date of Interment: 20th June 1891

 

Burial Plot: South East 49 A*C – (A=Plot Area. *C Denotes  Consecrated Ground North Side of the upper smaller path.

 

Headstone: A partial headstone still exists, but removed. It now lines the upper main path with many others embedded in the tarmac

 

Position along the path: Right 78

 

Inscription is carved, worn & reads: In loving memory of Isiah Briggs who died June 18th 1891 aged 44 years, also Hanna who died June—–aged 32 years interred at—–

Sourced & Checked with additional info added in brackets where applicable: West Hartlepool Cemetery Purchased Graves & Inscription Transcripts Durham Archive. Friends of North Cemetery Book of Interment South East 1890 – 1964 (Hartlepool Central Library). West Hartlepool Cemetery Burial Register July 1871 – Oct 1895 microfiche 1054 Hartlepool Central Library (Now known as Community Hub Central)