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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454951

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)