Description

SW 62 NW SITHNEY CHURCHTOWN, Sithney

7/281 Chest tomb and 2 headstones at
- approximately 10 metres north of
east end of Church of Saint Sithney
GV II

Chest tomb and 2 headstones. Probably C18 chest tomb, one headstone 1812 the other headstone 1827. Dressed granite chest tomb with later dressed granite lid obscuring the original lid and incised slate monolith headstones.
Rectangular-on-plan chest with a headstone at either end (west and east).
The chest tomb has plain sides and a moulded lid; the headstone at the west end has a segmental-arched head and the other headstone has a round-arched head over moulded corners.
The chest tomb inscription is obscured by the later lid.
West headstone inscription to : JOHN, SON OF CATHERINE RICHARDS, who was wounded in the Mine by the fall of a piece of Wood, which entered his bowels; who after
surviving several Hours, terminated his existence on the 10th day of July 1912 aged 22 years.
East headstone inscription to : JOSEPH GUNDERY, died 1827 aged 57, and the epitaph:
Beneath this stone lies silent in the dust
A husband dear that in the Lord did trust,
Till the last trump shall sound and bid him rise,
To meet his Blessed Jesus in the skies

Listing NGR: SW6366329010

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613704

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)