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Three Porter headstones approximately 19 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Hadlow, Kent

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Latitude: 51.2232 / 51°13'23"N

Longitude: 0.3388 / 0°20'19"E

OS Eastings: 563414

OS Northings: 149715

OS Grid: TQ634497

Mapcode National: GBR NQ7.8GJ

Mapcode Global: VHHQ1.TJG3

Plus Code: 9F3268FQ+7G

Entry Name: Three Porter headstones approximately 19 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 19 February 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1070439

English Heritage Legacy ID: 179485

ID on this website: 101070439

Location: St Mary's Church, Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, TN11

County: Kent

District: Tonbridge and Malling

Civil Parish: Hadlow

Built-Up Area: Hadlow

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Hadlow

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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TQ 6349
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HADLOW
CHURCH STREET
Three Porter headstones approximately 19 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary

GV
II
Three adjacent headstones. Dated between 1765-1789 in memory of various members of the Porter family. All are sandstone upright slabs with shaped heads. All three are very good.

The left end headstone stands approximately 750mm high with a curvilinear shape double head and recessed front panel. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and divided into three sections. There is a separate column under each head and a full width section at the base. The left head has a crude carving of a human profile above the memorial to John Porter (d.1776), the right head has a carved pattern above the record of the death of his wife Mary (date illegible); and the bottom section records the two sons and three daughters they left.

The other two have similarly-shaped heads carved in low relief. Their inscriptions open in Gothic lettering but the bulk is Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The smaller one (approximately 700mm high) is in memory of Elizabeth Porter (d.1765) and the head is carved with a winged cherub head with trumpets behind. The right one stands approximately 1.2 metre high and the head is carved with the Good Samaritan scene. This one records the death of Elizabeth Porter (date illegible) and her infant children, 10 month old Mary (d. 1786) and 9 week old Henry (d. 1789).

Listing NGR: TQ6341449715

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