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Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« on: Saturday 14 June 08 18:09 BST (UK) »
Last week I visited Westedale, a beautiful part of the country. I forgot to take my camera so took a few pics on my phone of gravestones of my Barker ancestors but they're not very good, I can't read the inscriptions. Can anyone please enhance them so they are legible? Will post the last one separately.
Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough.
Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough.
Etherington - North Yorks and Durham.
Barker- North Yorks
Crooks- Durham
Forster- North Yorks/Durham
Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks.
Timothy, Griffiths, Jones - South Wales

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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 14 June 08 20:47 BST (UK) »
A little larger.
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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 14 June 08 21:03 BST (UK) »
Thanks Charles. Don't know about you but I still can't read them! The eyesight must be failing me!
                                               
Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough.
Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough.
Etherington - North Yorks and Durham.
Barker- North Yorks
Crooks- Durham
Forster- North Yorks/Durham
Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks.
Timothy, Griffiths, Jones - South Wales

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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 15 June 08 17:08 BST (UK) »
Do you have a William?
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #4 on: Monday 16 June 08 00:23 BST (UK) »
How clever is that?!! Yes I do Paula, in fact I have eight!
Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough.
Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough.
Etherington - North Yorks and Durham.
Barker- North Yorks
Crooks- Durham
Forster- North Yorks/Durham
Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks.
Timothy, Griffiths, Jones - South Wales

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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #5 on: Monday 16 June 08 01:06 BST (UK) »
 :o Now all we have to do is work of which of the eight ???
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #6 on: Monday 16 June 08 08:30 BST (UK) »
I got "erected" in the top line of the first one. But I'm afraid the definition is too low to see much.

The pattern of dots suggests all sort of things that just dont exist.

Mike
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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #7 on: Monday 16 June 08 09:17 BST (UK) »
On the first one I get 'Erected' and the last word on the first line I make out 'Barker' or 'Parker'. It's nearly impossible to dicipher any more.

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Re: Enhancement required to read these gravestones
« Reply #8 on: Monday 16 June 08 18:04 BST (UK) »
I might have a Richard Parker.

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