A savings bank launched by Barber Beaumont in 1806. We think this went on to become part of Friends Provident.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Provident Life Office
Commemorated ati
Barber Beaumont - vault stone
Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978...
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