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Latitude: 50.9512 / 50°57'4"N
Longitude: -4.0895 / 4°5'22"W
OS Eastings: 253322
OS Northings: 118943
OS Grid: SS533189
Mapcode National: GBR KP.N9T4
Mapcode Global: FRA 26BL.DMG
Plus Code: 9C2QXW26+F5
Entry Name: Tanton Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Giles
Listing Date: 16 February 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1147860
English Heritage Legacy ID: 91840
ID on this website: 101147860
Location: St Giles's Church, St Giles in the Wood, Torridge, Devon, EX38
County: Devon
District: Torridge
Civil Parish: St. Giles in the Wood
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: St Giles in the Wood St Giles
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Tombstone
ST GILES ST GILES IN THE WOOD
SS 53 18 IN THE WOOD
18/229 Tanton headstone approximately
- 4 metres south-east of the porch
of the Church of St Giles
GV II
Small headstone. Dated 1797 in memory of Daniel Tanton. Upright square-headed slab
standing approximately 300 millimetres high. The front is inscribed in Roman serif
upper and lower case lettering and records a sad and cautionary tale: "In memory of
Daniel Tanton. By firing off a gun it burst the breach of which sunk in his head
where it remained 9 weeks, on extraction of which he expired, ye 20th of January
1797, Aged 17 years".
Listing NGR: SS5332218943
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