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Latitude: 51.1511 / 51°9'3"N
Longitude: 0.2203 / 0°13'12"E
OS Eastings: 555381
OS Northings: 141433
OS Grid: TQ553414
Mapcode National: GBR MPJ.NJD
Mapcode Global: VHHQC.RBTF
Plus Code: 9F32562C+C4
Entry Name: Johnstone Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
Listing Date: 24 August 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1241416
English Heritage Legacy ID: 440470
ID on this website: 101241416
Location: St Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Speldhurst
Built-Up Area: Speldhurst
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Speldhurst St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Chest tomb
TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURST HILL (north side),
SPELDHURST
12/550 Johnstone chest tomb approx 3m
south of the chancel of the
Church of St Mary the Virgin
GV II
Chest tomb. Dated 1776 in memory of the Reverend William Johnstone.
Sandstone. Chest tomb is retangular in plan with a thick soffit-chamfered
flat lid. Any plinth is now buried. Sides have fielded panels, 3 on the long
sides and one each end. Inscriptions in Roman serif upper and lower case
lettering with some italics. It is a touching memorial. The lid records the
death of William Johnstone in 1776 and the east end panel records the sad
deaths of 6 of his children in the same year. A John Archer and Hester
Clutterbuck are also recorded but the dates of their deaths are illegible.
Listing NGR: TQ5538141433
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