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Pair of Hubble Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas a Becket

A Grade II Listed Building in Capel, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1764 / 51°10'35"N

Longitude: 0.3412 / 0°20'28"E

OS Eastings: 563749

OS Northings: 144516

OS Grid: TQ637445

Mapcode National: GBR NQT.336

Mapcode Global: VHHQ7.VPRH

Plus Code: 9F3258GR+HF

Entry Name: Pair of Hubble Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas a Becket

Listing Date: 24 August 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1262841

English Heritage Legacy ID: 433902

ID on this website: 101262841

Location: St Thomas a Becket's Church, Capel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN12

County: Kent

District: Tunbridge Wells

Civil Parish: Capel

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Tudeley cum Capel with Five Oak Green

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

Tagged with: Tombstone

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Description


TQ 64 SW CAPEL CHURCH LANE

5/229 Pair of Hubble headstones
approx 3.5m east of the chancel
of the Church of St Thomas A
Becket
GV II


Pair of headstones. Mid C18 in memory of members of the Hubble family. 2
good headstones, each an upright slab of sandstone standing approx l.l-1.3m
high with shaped head carved with a biblical scene in low relief. The
inscriptions begin in Gothic lettering but are mostly in Roman serif upper and
lower case lettering including some italics. The left (northern) one
represents the Good Samaritan and the inscription records the death of Thomas
Hubble, senior, in 1740. The right one features a Judgement Day scene and
commemorates the death of Thomas Hubble in 1764 and his son John in 1763.


Listing NGR: TQ6382444536

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