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Latitude: 50.8752 / 50°52'30"N
Longitude: 0.023 / 0°1'22"E
OS Eastings: 542427
OS Northings: 110364
OS Grid: TQ424103
Mapcode National: GBR LRF.0N0
Mapcode Global: FRA B6YS.DSR
Plus Code: 9F22V2GF+35
Entry Name: Martyrs' Memorial
Listing Date: 29 October 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1043879
English Heritage Legacy ID: 293055
Location: Lewes, East Sussex, BN7
County: East Sussex
District: Lewes
Civil Parish: Lewes
Built-Up Area: Lewes
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex
Church of England Parish: St Michael South Malling
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Memorial
TQ 4210 SW
11/75
LEWES
CUILFAIL
Martyrs' Memorial
II
Obelisk. Dated 1901. Stone. Obelisk on tall plinth with rougher
stone base. Inscription panel let into plinth, reading:
'IN LOVING MEMORY/OF THE UNDERNAIIED SEVENTEEN PROTESTANT MARTYRS/WHO,
FOR THEIR FAITHFUL TESTIMONY TO/GOD's TRUTH,/WERE, DURING THE REIGN
OF QUEEN MARY/BURNED TO DEATH,/IN FRONT OF THE THEN STAR INN NOW THE
TOWN HALL - LEWES./THIS OBELISK,/PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS,/
WAS ERECTED A.D. 1901.' There follow the names of the martyrs,
together with the dates of their executions, and a closing verse,
(Revelations, xii. ii., R.V.).
Listing NGR: TQ4242710364
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