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Latitude: 50.7554 / 50°45'19"N
Longitude: -3.8479 / 3°50'52"W
OS Eastings: 269752
OS Northings: 96715
OS Grid: SX697967
Mapcode National: GBR QB.SM9Q
Mapcode Global: FRA 27T2.YKG
Plus Code: 9C2RQ542+5V
Entry Name: Battishill Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
Listing Date: 4 March 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1305384
English Heritage Legacy ID: 95076
ID on this website: 101305384
Location: St Michael's Church, Spreyton, West Devon, EX17
County: Devon
District: West Devon
Civil Parish: Spreyton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Spreyton St Michael
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
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SPREYTON
DRAYDOWN HILL, Spreyton
Battishall chest tomb
approximately 4 metres south of
Chancel of Church of St Mary
GV
II
Chest tomb. Dated 1733 in memory of William Battishill. Red brick with grey basalt
lid. Rectangular in section with plain sides apart from a central projecting string
course and soffit-chamfered cornice it has a plain flat lid. The top is inscribed
with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of William
Battishill in 1733. A secondary slate plaque on the north side is inscribed with
similar lettering and records the deaths of another William, nephew of the above, in
1760 and his wife Mary in 1778. 1733 is an unusually early use of brick for this
part of Devon.
Listing NGR: SX6975296715
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