Latitude: 54.5416 / 54°32'29"N
Longitude: -1.9233 / 1°55'23"W
OS Eastings: 405059
OS Northings: 516264
OS Grid: NZ050162
Mapcode National: GBR HH0X.DQ
Mapcode Global: WHB4L.F3CN
Plus Code: 9C6WG3RG+JM
Entry Name: Group of Simpson, Walker and Kipling Tombs Approximately 6 Metres South of Church of St Mary
Listing Date: 29 January 1986
Last Amended: 28 November 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1218303
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388790
ID on this website: 101218303
Location: St Mary's Church, Startforth, County Durham, DL12
County: County Durham
Civil Parish: Barnard Castle
Built-Up Area: Barnard Castle
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Barnard Castle with Whorlton
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Tomb
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0516SW NEWGATE 770-1/6/161 (South side (off)) 29/01/86 Group of Simpson, Walker and Kipling tombs approx. 6m S of Church of St Mary (Formerly Listed as: NEWGATE (South side (off)) Simpson Tomb 6m south of Church of St Mary)
GV II
Chest tomb with adjacent grave cover to south and 2 headstones to south-west. Ashlar. Chest: early C19, to Ann wife of Edward Simpson of ..odon Croft Lodge. Pulvinated Tuscan angle pilasters and moulded side slabs support top with moulded edges. Eroded inscriptions. Grave cover to south: c1830 to Capt. Robert Kipling, late of the 43rd Light Infantry Regiment, 1757-1830, and his wife Sarah d.1849. Small headstone: approx 0.4m high with serpentine top, inscribed `Here lieth the body of Robert, sone to Robt. and Isabell Walker...died August 22, 1741'. Taller headstone: approx 0.8m high, with shaped top. To An[n] daughter of Robert and Jane Kipling d.1772 aged 5, and Jane wife of Robert d.1747.
Listing NGR: NZ0505916264
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