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    Grave headstone reveals history of a proud rural stationmaster

    Oct 30, 2020 2 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney
    SCRUTON HISTORY GROUP ARCHIVE
    NEVILLE STEAD COLLECTION/
    TRANSPORT TREASURY

    IT IS A 104-year-old headstone that at first glance appears no different to the many others in the quiet cemetery of Hovingham, a picturesque village on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. More detailed inspection reveals, however, an unusual engraving, that the person buried there, Francis Johnson, died at Scruton station.

    Grave headstones don’t routinely

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