Latitude: 53.5338 / 53°32'1"N
Longitude: -1.3699 / 1°22'11"W
OS Eastings: 441858
OS Northings: 404306
OS Grid: SE418043
Mapcode National: GBR LWWK.6Z
Mapcode Global: WHDCY.XFTT
Plus Code: 9C5WGJMJ+F2
Entry Name: Gravestone to Robert Millthorp Approximately 3 Metres to West of Tower of Church of All Saints
Listing Date: 18 April 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1151162
English Heritage Legacy ID: 333642
ID on this website: 101151162
Location: All Saints' Church, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73
County: Barnsley
Electoral Ward/Division: Darfield
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wombwell
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): South Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Darfield All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Sheffield
Tagged with: Tombstone
SE40SW DARFIELD CHURCH STREET,
(east end)
6/14 Gravestone to
Robert Millthorp
approximately
3 metres to west
of tower of Church
of All Saints.
GV II
Gravestone. c1826. Sandstone. Square-headed slab simply decorated
with carved foliage and a central roundel and inscribed:
r
'HERE LYETH / THE MORTAL REMAINS / of Robert Millthorp who died Sept- /
13th 1826 aged 19 Years. He lost his Life / by inadvertently throwing
s
this Stone / upon himself whilst in the service of/Ja- Raywood of Ardsley
who erected / it to his memory.'
Two rhymed verses complete this simple but most unusual monument.
Listing NGR: SE4185804306
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