Description

SOUTH HIENDLEY CHURCH LANE
SE31SE
(west side) Felkirk
4/68 Methley tomb chest
- 17 metres south of
south chapel of Church
of St. Peter.
GV II

Tomb chest. Early C19. Commemorates Richard Methley, merchant of Quebec
(d.1837). Sandstone. Plain side panels (except west end - see below), lid
with moulded rim, decorated head with 3 arches and 4 flowers. The
inscription identifies Methley as "Merchant of Quebec North America the Sixth
Son of the late Willoughby Methley of Shafton" and adds: "In the discharge of
his secular duties he crossed the Atlantic Ocean 34 times". Additions on
lid:-
(i) the Rev. James Methley, Wesleyan Minister (d.1861); (ii) Abigail,
daughter of Willoughby and Mary Methley (d.1862); (iii) Mary Stocks; sister
of Abigail. Addition on west end panel: John Methley of Frith Street Soho,
3rd son of Willoughby (d.1838).
Included for historical interest of inscription.

Listing NGR: SE3869312566

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26521208

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