Description

TM 2499
8/106

SHOTESHAM
THE STREET
(south side)
Group of 5 tombs imm, to E. of chancel S. aisle of All Saints Church: to Benjamin 1776 & Elizabeth 1784 Gooch; Shute 1776 & Dorothea 1785 D'Urban; John D'Urban M.D. 1782; George Parker 1792; Elizabeth D'Urban1810

GV
II

Group of 5 tombs. From 1776 to 1810. Stone and gault brick. Each tomb
consists of a body-stone set on about 3 courses of gault brick with a head-
stone and a similar yet shorter tombstone set at the foot of the grave.
Headstones and "footstones" engraved to memory of Benjamin + 1776 and
Elizabeth + 1784 Gooch, Shute + 1776 and Dorothea + 1785 D'Urban, John D'Urban
M.D. + 1782, George Parker + 1792 and Elizabeth D'Urban + 1810. 4 headstones
with volutes supporting pediments enclosing urns flanked by cherubs whilst
that of George Parker has a circular medallion with a draped female figure
on one knee with an outstretched arm resting on an anchor. Historical
associaton: Benjamin Gooch was a famous surgeon associated with the foundation
of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.

Listing NGR: TM2469199011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26591697

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)