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Latitude: 51.4948 / 51°29'41"N
Longitude: -0.1197 / 0°7'10"W
OS Eastings: 530626
OS Northings: 178998
OS Grid: TQ306789
Mapcode National: GBR KL.89
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.WP2F
Plus Code: 9C3XFVVJ+W4
Entry Name: Tomb of John Tradescant and His Family in St Mary's Churchyard
Listing Date: 27 March 1981
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1116214
English Heritage Legacy ID: 204424
ID on this website: 101116214
Location: Lambeth, London, SE1
County: London
District: Lambeth
Electoral Ward/Division: Bishop's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lambeth
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: North Lambeth
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Tomb
LAMBETH ROAD SE1
1. (north side)
5023
Tomb of John Tradescant
and his family in
St Mary's Churchyard
TQ 3079 4/1089
II*
2.
1662 hard sandstone sarcophagus with high relief carvings on all four sides depicting
classical and Egyptian ruins, trees on the four corners and other flora and fauna
including a mythical hydra on one end. The lid slab of 1853 records the date
of the original tomb, its repair in 1773 and final restoration in 1853 with a
poem in honour of John Tradescant and his son who sought out and collected "what
is rare in land and sea in air". The Tradescants were gardeners to Charles I;
Lambeth residents, they travelled widely and returned with many botanical discoveries;
they established a physic garden in South Lambeth and their collections subsequently
went to the Ashmolean Museum.
Listing NGR: TQ3062678998
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