raised slab
Here rest the remains
of JAMES RILEY of BRADSHAW ROW in OVENDEN
who departed this life
July 16th 1789 in the 73rdyear of his age.
Also lies interred
under this stone
TIMOTHY AKROYD of LANE HEAD
OVENDEN, Nephew of the above who
departed this life March 5th 1819
in the 79th year of his age.
The Lord himself shall descend
from heaven, with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel and with
the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first 1 Thess
They were two of the first founders of
this chapel and largest subscribers to it.
TIMOTHY was more than 40 years an
acceptable Class Leader among the Society
of this place. He was a man of grave
deportment, strict in integrity and
unaffected and uniform piety.
Reader follow him so far as he followed Christ.
In youth I learned the way
to real happiness.
When age came on with powerful sway
that caused my nature to decay
in promis'd joyfulness.
Here rest the remains
of JAMES RILEY of BRADSHAW ROW in OVENDEN
who departed this life
July 16th 1789 in the 73rdyear of his age.
Also lies interred
under this stone
TIMOTHY AKROYD of LANE HEAD
OVENDEN, Nephew of the above who
departed this life March 5th 1819
in the 79th year of his age.
The Lord himself shall descend
from heaven, with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel and with
the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first 1 Thess
They were two of the first founders of
this chapel and largest subscribers to it.
TIMOTHY was more than 40 years an
acceptable Class Leader among the Society
of this place. He was a man of grave
deportment, strict in integrity and
unaffected and uniform piety.
Reader follow him so far as he followed Christ.
In youth I learned the way
to real happiness.
When age came on with powerful sway
that caused my nature to decay
in promis'd joyfulness.