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Description: | Copy photograph of a postcard (Pook & Moore's Series).
The tombs were to a design by William Butterfield. That of John Keble is of red Aberdeen granite; that to his wife is of Derbyshire marble. The inscriptions on the tombs read:
"Here rests in peace the body of John Keble, Vicar of this Parish, who departed this life Maundy Thursday, March 29th, 1866".
"Here rests in peace the body of Charlotte, wife of John Keble, who departed this life, May 11th, A.D. 1866".
"Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis". ("Give to them, O Lord, eternal rest: and let perpetual light shine on them".)
John Keble died at Bournemouth, aged 74 years. He was buried at Hursley on Easter Friday, 6 April 1866, the mourners including Dr Pusey, Dean Hook and Charlotte Yonge. The latter recounted that it was at his funeral that the decision was taken to found an Oxford college, pledged to Christian principles, bearing his name.
John Keble was Vicar of Hursley from 1835 to 1866. He was, with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey, one of the founders of The Oxford Movement, dedicated to the spiritual renewal of the Church of England. He was also a poet and hymnwriter.
References:
1. Warren, William Thorn. 1900. Kebleland, p 14-16.
2. Yonge, Charlotte M. 1899. John Keble's parishes, p. 143-144. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | D Len Peach | Subjects: | All Saints Church Oxford Movement gravestone | Temporal: | start=1870-01-01; end=1890-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Pook & Moore; (Copied by: Peach, Len; 1995) | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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