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Latitude: 51.1167 / 51°6'59"N
Longitude: 0.9312 / 0°55'52"E
OS Eastings: 605245
OS Northings: 139349
OS Grid: TR052393
Mapcode National: GBR SYH.VN5
Mapcode Global: VHKKW.3639
Plus Code: 9F324W8J+MF
Entry Name: Two Rows of 3 and 5 Headstones About 5 to 15 Metres South of Church of St John
Listing Date: 16 February 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1276695
English Heritage Legacy ID: 408737
ID on this website: 101276695
Location: St John the Baptist's Church, The Forstal, Ashford, Kent, TN25
County: Kent
District: Ashford
Civil Parish: Mersham
Built-Up Area: Mersham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Tombstone
TR 03 NE MERSHAM CHURCH ROAD
(east side)
7/98
Two rows of 3
and 5 headstones
about 5 to 15
metres south of
Church of St. John
GV II
Eight headstones in 2 rows. First row of 3, all about 2 feet high,
with scrolled and shaped heads, the first with trumpets and cherub
head, the second with skull in profile over crossed bones and the
to Elizabeth Hann, d.1729 with winged cherub over raised and fielded
panel. Second row of 5, all about 2½ feet high, the northernmost a
double headstone, with scrolled shoulders and doubled cornice separated
by small relief death's head with motife of winged hourglass and death's
head. The adjacent stone, about 3 feet high with scrolled shaped head;
and skull in profile over bones. Two adjacent similar stones, with
Rocaille scrolled heads, with motif of open book within a heart over
round-headed inscription panel, the other with indented rectangular
panel. The fifth stone to John Home, d.1749. With scrolled shoulders
to pediment shaped cornice with cherub in sunburst.
Listing NGR: TR0504039348
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