IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF
THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF EDWARD HENRY HILL
WHO DIED AT BROADWAS COURT
JANUARY 19 1893. AGED 41.
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW, NOR CRYING,
NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN. REVELATION 21:4.
[Right hand side of cross]
IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF
EDWARD HENRY HILL
WHO DIED AT BROADWAS COURT
APRIL 19 1911. AGED 62.
WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. ST MATTHEW 25:23.
The gravestone of Edward and Agnes Hill can be
found in Broadwas Churchyard, left of the Porchway.
Churchyard cross. Probably 15th century and restored in 1900. Sandstone ashlar, with Square base on 3 steps. The base has an arched niche on its south side, which is a common local feature, and bevelled upper edges forming an octagonal top. Octagonal shaft with a bevelled square base and a moulded capital supporting the cross. The base and base of the shaft are medieval. It was restored as a war memorial with the addition of the 3 steps and a renewed cross head.
The inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ELIZABETH AGNES HILL
THIS CROSS WAS RESTORED BY THE PARISHIONERS
A. D. 1900
This Cross can be seen as you enter
through the gates into Broadwas Church.
Edward Henry Hill, who like his father, has a place in Burton's "Worcestershire Worthies," was for many years Chairman of the important and successful firm of Hill, Evans and Co.; originally founded as a private business, by his father, grandfather and uncle, and since their deaths a joint stock company.
Search in the Broadwas Index for more information on Edward Henry Hill.
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