Description

STOKE FLEMING CHURCH ROAD
SX84NE STOKE FLEMING.
6/155 George Parker Bidder
Monument about 5 metres
South of tower of Church
of St. Peter

GV II

Churchyard monument. Circa 1878. Granite monolith in form of an early
medieval cross with short arms on a round head and with roll-moulded
arrises. Stepped granite plinth with lead inscription in upper case
lettering:- In memory of George Parker Bidder, born June 14th 1806, died
September 20th 1878.
George Parker Bidder was born in Moretonhampstead but lived at Stoke House
in Stoke Fleming. He was an infant prodigy, civil engineer and
mathematician. He was associated with Robert Stephenson in the London and
Birmingham railway project (1834); he helped to found the Electric
Telegraph Company, constructed the Victoria Docks in London and was
president of the Devonshire Association.
Source: W.G. Hoskins, Devon, page 440. Whites Directory 1878.
B.F. Cresswell, NOTES ON DEVON CHURCHES, Deanery of Ipplepen, 1903.

Listing NGR: SX8618648292

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610745

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5