IN
MEMORY
OF
HARRIET ASHBY
OF DESBOROUGH
BORN Dec: 9th 1825
DIED Apr: 15th 1883
"IN LIFE BELOVED, IN DEATH
LAMENTED."
"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE
ARE IN DEATH."
Harriet Morris was born in 1825, the daughter of
Thomas Morris and
Mary (maiden name not yet known).
Harriet became Robert Ashby's first wife in 1846.
The memorial appears to be made of iron - possibly by Robert himself, who was a blacksmith.