IN PROUD MEMORY
- OF -

GEORGE BASS Surgeon once of
  this town and of others who lived
  nearby and with him bore a
  gallant part in the exploration of

AUSTRALIA

 JOSEPH BANKS   Squire  of  Revesby
  JAMES ROBERTS of  Mareham le Fen
  and   PETER   BRISCOE   of   Revesby
  who    sailed   in  HMS    Endeavour

  JOSEPH GILBERT Astronomer of Wrangle
  and   ROBERT ROLLETT  of   this  town
  who  served on  Cooks second expedition

  MATTHEW FLINDERS of Donington
  ROBERT  FOWLER  of   Horncastle
  SAMUEL FLINDERS  of  Donington
  JOHN FRANKLIN whose parents were
  married in this church who were
  among the officers of HMS Investigator

They were honoured in their generation
and were the glory of their times