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Chapple Chest Tomb, Huxtable Headstone and 2 Accompanying Stones Bearing Verses About 2 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Peter

A Grade II Listed Building in East and West Buckland, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0653 / 51°3'54"N

Longitude: -3.9182 / 3°55'5"W

OS Eastings: 265686

OS Northings: 131298

OS Grid: SS656312

Mapcode National: GBR KX.F57K

Mapcode Global: FRA 26P9.MBZ

Plus Code: 9C3R338J+4P

Entry Name: Chapple Chest Tomb, Huxtable Headstone and 2 Accompanying Stones Bearing Verses About 2 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 13 May 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1161322

English Heritage Legacy ID: 98927

ID on this website: 101161322

Location: St Peter's Church, West Buckland, North Devon, EX32

County: Devon

District: North Devon

Civil Parish: East and West Buckland

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: West Buckland St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


EAST AND WEST BUCKLAND WEST BUCKLAND
SS 63 SE
3/74 Chapple chest tomb, Huxtable
- headstone and 2 accompanying
stones bearing verses about 2
metres south-west of south porch
of Church of St Peter
GV II

Chest tomb, headstone and 2 accompanying gravestones. Mid C19. Chest tomb by T
Britton. Chest tomb slate slab on brick plinth. Headstones slate. Chest tomb with
deeply incised borders and decoration to the head of the slate slab with verse
'Behold He taketh away/who can hinder him/who will say unto him what doest thou?' To
memory of members of Chapple Family. Slate headstone with incised decoration to the
borders 'to perpetuate the memory of the last of the Huxtables of Leary...
Landowners of Parts of Leary before the Days of Oliver Cromwell.' Accompanying 2
stones to south with verses, that to left side is nowy arched.


Listing NGR: SS6568631298

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