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John Bacchus Dykes

Headstone with footstone detail inset.

 

JBD was vicar of St Oswald's church, Durham, when he died in 1876, aged 52.

 

He was a prolific hymn-tunesmith -- if you've ever ploughed the fields and scattered you almost certainly did it with him!

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Uploaded on June 19, 2009
Taken on June 19, 2009