Description

PARISH OF RISLEY DERBY ROAD
SK 46 NE
2/89 (North Side)
Pair of Chest Tombs
15 metres south
of south door to
All Saints Church
GV II

Pair of chest tombs. Early and mid C18. Red brick with stone
dressings. Each tomb has brick sides and a stone slab above
with moulded edges. The west end of each tomb has a stone slab
with inscriptions on. Southern tomb has a pair of inscriptions,
each set in a moulded panel with an angel between the panels to
the top. The southern panel is inscribed 'Here lieth the body
of Richard Smedley who departed this life February the 16th
1748. In the 80th year of his age' and the northern one reads
'Here lieth the body of William Smedley who departed this life
June the 24 MDCCXLIII'. The plaque is signed in the bottom
corner but this is no longer legible. The northern tomb is
inscribed 'Here lieth the body of Edward ... and Elizabeth his
wife. She departed this life January 23 1729 Aged 50 and he
departed this life July 17 1730 Aged 51'.

Listing NGR: SK4610735680

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499863

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House