Elizabeth Hungerford Keate

1728–1800 (age 72)

Biography

Elizabeth Hungerford Keate (1728–1800) was known among her neighbours for a quiet devotion to family and parish life, tending the households entrusted to her care and offering solace to the friends who visited St Nicholas.

The memorial where she now rests in St Nicholas Churchyard honours that gentle constancy, inviting pilgrims to remember the virtues of a gracious life lived in quiet service.