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Latitude: 53.9505 / 53°57'1"N
Longitude: -1.0682 / 1°4'5"W
OS Eastings: 461252
OS Northings: 450890
OS Grid: SE612508
Mapcode National: GBR NQZR.JL
Mapcode Global: WHFC3.KYKV
Plus Code: 9C5WXW2J+5P
Entry Name: York Cemetery Plot Number 17945 Hessay Monument
Listing Date: 14 March 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1259315
English Heritage Legacy ID: 463033
ID on this website: 101259315
Location: Foss Islands, York, North Yorkshire, YO10
County: York
Electoral Ward/Division: Fishergate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: York
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: York St Lawrence with St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Monument
YORK
SE65SW CEMETERY ROAD 1112-1/2/155 (East side (off)) York Cemetery: Plot No.17945: Hessay Monument
GV II
Cadaver tomb. For Charles Ellis Hessey, d.1874; probably carved by his brother, Mark Hessey. Portland stone. Slab approximately 2.0 metres long supporting a carved recumbent figure covered with a draped shroud through which the facial features and feet of the deceased are visible. At the head, a group of three watching angels on one side was originally balanced by a matching group, now lost, on the other side. The name of the deceased is carved along one side of the base, his date of death on the other. (Newsletter: Murray H: The Most Unusual Monument in York Cemetery: York: 1989-).
Listing NGR: SE6125250890
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