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Church of St Helen

A Grade II* Listed Building in Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester

St Helen: memorial to John Crewe, d.1711; semi-reclining white marble figure at prayer

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Right arm rests on Bible; mourning boys at head & feet; two cherub heads behind

Here lyeth (in hopes of a joyfull resurrection) the body of sir John Crewe of Utkinton, in the county palatine of Chester, knt., son of John Crewe, esq., grandson of sir Randle Crewe, knt., lord chief justice of the King's bench, descended from ye ancient family of ye Crewes of Crewe in ye county, and from wch (by a younger son) was descended ye first lord Crewe baron of Steane, in ye county of Northampton…

Uploaded by Tim on 24 March 2025

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Building ID: 101138446
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