York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE65SW CEMETERY ROAD 1112-1/2/156 (East side (off)) York Cemetery: Plot No.1977: Terry Monument GV II Gravestone. c1850. By Fisher of York for members of the Terry family. First burial was Joseph Terry, d.1850. Slate tablet raised on moulded stone base. Tablet has pedimental head between acroteria and with open book carved in stone in high relief in the tympanum. Tablet is inscribed with extensive details of three generations of the Terry family, from Joseph Terry, his wife Harriett, their children and some grandchildren. Joseph Terry, Confectioner, was the founding father of the confectionary firm, Terry's of York. The stone provides an unusual and informative record of the Terry family history in the C19. Listing NGR: SE6114550904