Description

WESTONZOYLAND CP MAIN ROAD (North side)
ST33SE
5/82 Wall to churchyard including
gateway with piers and gates,
Church of St Mary the Virgin
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GV II

Wall to churchyard including gateway with piers and gates. C19. Continuous run of walling surrounding churchyard on
north, south, east, and west sides; coursed and squared rubble, some cement capping, stone capping to west and on
principal road frontage to Main Road; gateway opposite south doorway of church, paired squared rubble piers with
moulded freestone caps, wrought-iron lamp overthrow with later lamp, pair of ornamental wrought-iron gates. The
churchyard was the scene of the hanging of several of Monmouth's rebels after the Battle of Sedgemoor, July 6 1685; 16
of the King's men were buried either in the Church of St Mary the Virgin (qv) or in the churchyard.

Listing NGR: ST3517934814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313088

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014