Elizabeth Burdett
1777–1855 (age 78)
Biography
Elizabeth Burdett was born in 1777 and lived a life of quiet dignity in the English countryside. She was a woman of her time, devoted to family and community, whose memory was preserved in the Church of All Saints at Cottesbrooke where she was laid to rest.
Her passing in 1855 marked the end of a long life spanning nearly eight decades of English history. Though details of her personal achievements remain modest in the historical record, her presence in the parish registers of Cottesbrooke testifies to a life lived with the values of her era.