Description

SY 18 NE BRANSCOMBE BRANSCOMBE

7/33 2 adjacent Brown headstones
- approximately 7 metres south of
chancel of Church of St Winifred
GV II

2 adjacent headstones. Both are C18 in memory of members of the Brown family. Both
are Beerstone ashlar upright slabs with concave corners. The northern one stands
approximately 700 millimetres high. Its front has a moulded frame and at the top is
a carved open book with a quotation on it and this is flanked by a skull and
hourglass. The inscription is Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and
records the death of Ann Brown in 1762. The southern one stands approximately 600
millimetres high. Here the front has a round-headed frame with a carved winged
cherub's head at the apex flanked by ribbon scrolls. The first word of the
inscription is in Gothic lettering, the rest is Roman serif upper and lower case
lettering and it records the death of Reginius Brown in 1771.

Listing NGR: SY1955888436

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398123

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)