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Latitude: 54.9677 / 54°58'3"N
Longitude: -1.869 / 1°52'8"W
OS Eastings: 408482
OS Northings: 563687
OS Grid: NZ084636
Mapcode National: GBR HCD0.40
Mapcode Global: WHC3M.8D7H
Plus Code: 9C6WX49J+39
Entry Name: Monument to Dorothy Heslop C10 Yards South of Church of St Mary
Listing Date: 7 March 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1044942
English Heritage Legacy ID: 239471
Location: Ovingham, Northumberland, NE42
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Ovingham
Built-Up Area: Ovingham
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Ovingham
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
NZ 0863 - 0963 OVINGHAM WEST ROAD
22/116 Monument to Dorothy
Heslop clO yards south
of Church of St. Mary
GV II
Churchyard memorial. 1793. Sandstone. Arched top with cherub's head between
scrolls. Frame of leaf carving around edges. Inscription includes 2 verses.
Forever conscious of her heavenly birth
And dead to all the vanities on earth
Impatient to attain a purer clime
She lived superior to the toys of time
also to her husband 1822
The silent grave must be his bed
Till Christ appears to raise the dead
Listing NGR: NZ0848263687
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