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Latitude: 50.7691 / 50°46'8"N
Longitude: -4.3435 / 4°20'36"W
OS Eastings: 234839
OS Northings: 99230
OS Grid: SX348992
Mapcode National: GBR NM.0S5Q
Mapcode Global: FRA 17S1.X80
Entry Name: Johns Headstone About 20 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Leonard
Listing Date: 9 January 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1104686
English Heritage Legacy ID: 90675
Location: Clawton, Torridge, Devon, EX22
County: Devon
District: Torridge
Civil Parish: Clawton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Clawton St Leonard
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
SX 39 NW CLAWTON CHURCHTOWN
2/20 Johns headstone about 20m south of
the tower of the Church of
St Leonard
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GV II
Headstone. Early C19. Slate. Rectangular headstone commemorating Joseph Johns,
died 1813. Scratch mouldings round the border and forming a round-headed arch with
rustic trumpeting angels in the spandrels. A 3 stanza verse below the inscription
includes the graphic lines "In pain and sickness long I lay/My flesh and lungs
consumed away/Once like a flowerI did bloom/But now lie mouldred in this tomb/".
A fine example of local slate-cutting with a personal verse.
Listing NGR: SX3483599250
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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