Grave - James Prees

Burial

Date 13 January 1854
Place St Basil’s Church, Bassaleg, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Description Plot A8

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: Parish Registers - Monmouthshire
      • Date: 13 January 1854
      • Page: Burial - James Prees (Bassaleg)
  2. David Woolven / Gwent Family History Society: Monumental Inscriptions for St Basil Bassaleg
      • Page: A8 - James Prees
      • Citation:

        Plot A

        8.H.S. In mem of James s/o Mr Lewis Prees? ...

  3. Thomas Preece: Gravestone photographs
      • Date: 3 May 2022
      • Page: James Prees, St Basil's Bassaleg
      • Grave - James Prees
      • Citation:

        The top layer of the front of the stone is eroded away, and much of the text is difficult or impossible to make out. This is what I was able to read when I visited in May 2023:

        In memory of James son of the late Mr Lewis Prees ...
        apparitor ... Llandaff
        Wise ...
        hav ...
        ...
        Rev Chancellor ...

        The middle section was in a different style of text and looked to be a poem or epitaph; the bottom section is obviously referring to James being the gardener to the Rev Chancellor Williams.