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The Church yard near me has headstones, slabs from the 1600's...
Most of them say the age the person died and the date with year....so this would give you a rough idea as to when they were born...
some also say of the town they were born/lived in...

Like others say usaully those with money or a family grave....

Thanks you both for your answers.
Dea, I understand what you mean about what they could afford to have done, but this family was ' not without a bob' if you know what I mean.
Flick, unfortnately, our local churchyard is not old enough to have graves from that date, and I do not think any of the present day sites in this district are also. But I know what you mean.
The original question was something that just dawned on me, and made me wonder.
Thanks again to you both
Julia in Derbyshire

As you live in England, why not just take a look around your local churchyard/cemetery?

See what you can glean from there..............

I really have no idea Julia, I don't think there have been any set rules.

I would assume that it would depend entirely on that the relative wished to have put on, also, how big a headstone they could afford and how much carving they could afford to pay for.

I would think that the more info put on, the more it would cost to have it made?

Dea x

Please can anyone help with this. On headstones in the 1700's was the age, and ,or DOB, aswell as the DOD, put on headstones, as is customary nowadays. That is, in England
Many,many thanks
Julia in Derbyshire