Most of the time footstones were smaller then the headstones and treated as afterthoughts.
Not here, however.~

The inscription: THOUSANDS OF YEARS AFTER BLEST ABELL'S FALL/'TWAS SAID OF HIM BEING DEAD, HE SPEAKTH YET/FROM SILENT GRAVE METHINKS I HEAR A CALL/PRAY FELLOW MORTALL, DON'T YOUR DEATH FORGET/YOU THAT YOUR EYES CAST ON THIS GRAVE/KNOW YOU A DYING TIME MUST HAVE.

It appears to have been carved by William Mumford.