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Church of St Wilfrid

A Grade II* Listed Building in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire

Church of St Wilfrid, Kibworth Beauchamp

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On the wall is a slate monument to Mr Lewis Powell Williams, surgeon d. 9th Jan 1771 age 40. Carved relief in the left spandrel: A skull on a tomb with -O letum ubi stimulus- (O death where is thy sting). A leech, an arrow and a lancet. In the right spandrel, a blood letting cup and a lens. A cross and a flaming heart above a book with -Letum victoriose est absorptum- (Death is absorbed victoriously). -He was the first that introduced into Practice Inocculation without Preparation, in this Kingdom-. A graffito offers Thomas ?Green 1664 instead. (Photo Aug 2008).

Uploaded by Andrew H Jackson
on 30 April 2014

Photo ID: 103007
Building ID: 101061566
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