Eyam

The History and Antiquities of Eyam by William Wood (1842), re the tomb of Mrs Mompesson:
“The inscription on the top of the tomb is in Latin……On one end of the tomb is an hour glass, between two expanded wings……….On the other end of the tomb is a death’s head………At the corners of the tomb are four rude stone pillars; and at the east end a yew tree has been planted by the present Rector, the Rev.E.B.Bagshaw.”