TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURST HILL (north side), SPELDHURST 12/561 Row of 6 Cooke headstones approx 9m south of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin GV II Row of 6 headstones. Dated between 1723-1773, all in memory of various members of the Cooke family. All are upright sandstone slabs standing between 300-600mm high. All have curvilinear shaped heads and sunken front panels. Some of the heads have inscribed hourglasses, others have crossed arrows and some include scrolled ornament. They are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. From left to right they commemorate Elizabeth Cooke (died 1729), Mary (date buried), Ann (died 1723), Samuel (died 1773), Mary (died 1730) and Samuel (date buried). Listing NGR: TQ5533641405