Grave of Joseph Wordsworth

Lister Lane Cemetery

In Memory of JOSEPH WORDSWORTH PLUMBER, LATE OF YORK, WHO DIED 10TH MARCH, 1863, AGED 27 YEARS.    HIS DEATH WAS CAUSED BY A FALL FROM THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH, WHILE ENGAGED IN ITS ERECTION, IN CROWN STREET, HALIFAX, ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.    THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE TRADE AND FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO HIS MEMORY