Inscription
"Here are deposited
The remains of NEVIL MASKELYNE
DD. FRS.
Astronomer Royal forty-six years.
He died on the 9th day of February 1811.
At the Royal Observatory in
Greenwich Park,
In the 79th Year of his Age.
In the same vault
Are deposited the remains
Of SOPHIA MASKELYNE
Widow of
NEVIL MASKELYNE D.D.
Astronomer Royal
She died Feb 13th 1821
In her 69th year.
Here also are deposited
The remains of
MARGARET STORY MASKELYNE
Daughter of NEVIL and
SOPHIA MASKELYNE
And wife of
ANTHONY MERVIN STORY
MASKELYNE Esq of
Bassett Down House
Who died Feb 15 1858
Aged 72.
"
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