Memorial No. 167
Surname(s)FORD
Memorial Type (1)1
Number Commemorated 3
MaterialIron Table
Stonemason 
Number of Components 6
Condition of Monument (3)4 Collapsed. Heavy iron table. 6 ornate cast legs removed by Fife Council for safety - 2006.
Condition of Inscription (4)2 Clear but worn
Dimensions in mmH 640 x W 1985 x D 950
Orientation (2)UP
Faces Inscribed (2)UPWARD
Technique of InscriptionRaised
Inscription 1
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN FORD
AN ONLY SON WHO DIED 4TH MAY 1802 AGED 4
AND OF
ISABELLA FORD
AN ONLY DAUGHTER WHO DIED 11TH SEPT 1817 AGED 20
THIS PLATE IS INSCRIBED BY THEIR MOURNING AND AFFECTIONATE PARENTS JOHN & ANN FORD
Inscription 2
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THE SAID JOHN FORD
LATE PROVOST OF KIRKCALDY
WHO DIED 1ST MAY 1820

THIS PLATE IS INSCRIBED BY HIS
DISCONSOLATE WIDOW

SORROW NOT AS THOSE WHO HAVE NO HOPE.
Notes

(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed

Information recorded 19/06/1985 by J HEPBURN