Flat top headstone with shaped shoulders. Cross in roundel on headstone above inscription. Cross laid on grave within 3 kerbstones.
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM SHAPLAND WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED MAY 14TH 1885 AGED 66 "THERE IS BUT A STEP BETWEEN ME AND DEATH." 1 SAMUEL XX 3 THIS RECORD IS PLACED HERE BY THE EMPLOY'RS ON THE PORTISHEAD DOCK AS A MARK OF RESPECT
Inscription on cross.
ALSO MARY ROSA WIFE OF WILLIAM TAPP SHAPLAND DIED NOVEMBER 20TH 1938, AGED 81 Also in Memory of ELIZABETH MARY SHAPLAND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE DIED AUGUST 25TH 1939, AGED 54.
Ref 1885R451 1938R758 1939Rxxx
The Parish Church of St. Peter, Portishead, Somerset.