Description

ST GILES ST GILES IN THE WOOD
SS 53 18 IN THE WOOD
18/236 Brinsmead chest tomb approximately
- 14 metres south of the chancel of
the Church of St Giles

GV II

Chest tomb. Dated 1884 in memory of Thomas and Emily Brinsmead. Granite. The chest
tomb is an unadorned plain rectangular block of granite with plain lead letters set
into the long sides. The south side records the death of Emily Brinsmead in 1883 and
the north side records the death of Thomas Brinsmead in 1884. This is very early for
such as simple and severe chest tomb.

Listing NGR: SS5334118929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593908

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)