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Latitude: 50.6279 / 50°37'40"N
Longitude: -3.619 / 3°37'8"W
OS Eastings: 285586
OS Northings: 82164
OS Grid: SX855821
Mapcode National: GBR QP.SZV2
Mapcode Global: FRA 379D.XLR
Plus Code: 9C2RJ9HJ+5C
Entry Name: Chest tomb at 6 metres south of west end of Church of Saint Michael
Listing Date: 3 July 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1097346
English Heritage Legacy ID: 84691
ID on this website: 101097346
Location: St Michael's Church, Trusham, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Civil Parish: Trusham
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Trusham
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Chest tomb
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 November 2025 to amend the description and to reformat the text to current standards
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TRUSHAM
CHURCH LANE
Chest tomb at 6 metres south of west end of Church of Saint Michael
GV
II
Chest tomb. 170-. To James Ball. Granite ashlar base consisting of four stones and inscribed freestone lid. Overgrown.
Listing NGR: SX8558682164
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 1 December 2025 to amend the description and reformat the text to current standards
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TRUSHAM
CHURCH LANE Chest tomb at 6 metres south of west end of Church of Saint Michael
GV
II
Chest tomb dated 1791 immediately due south of the porch to the Church of Saint Michael.
The tomb has an Ashburton marble (local limestone) ledger stone, rectangular except for its west, top end, which is carved to a scroll shape. The ledger stone overhangs an unmoulded granite ashlar base comprising of four stone blocks over a compacted mortar foundation. The inscription on the ledger stone reads:
‘Here lieth y b[ody]
of James Ball [,] son of John [&]
Joanna Ball of Bremble
Who died [y] 10[th] Day of April
In y year of o[ur] Lord 179[?]
Aged 66 years’
The text is partially eroded by weathering, historic breaks and some minor loss of fabric at the edges of the slab, though dates and names have been confirmed from local burial records.
The tomb was reordered in 2020 to reset the broken ledger slab and repair pointing within the fabric below, which revealed that the core of the tomb was filled with rubble and brick and tile fragments.
Listing NGR: SX8558682164
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