Description

SW 83 NW MYLOR MYLOR CHURCHTOWN

4/236 Memorial stone at approx 25m east
of Church of Saint Mylor

GV II

Memorial stone. 1814. Painted freestone monolith slab set in granite base. Ramped arched head with ovolo corners. West face of stone has moulded border framing incised inscription below with ramped arched moulded cornice and carving of sailing ship in storm with robust wave carving and cloud with lightning in tympanum. The ship has stumps of masts and may have been rigged or partly rigged originally.
Inscription reads: To the Memory of the WARRIORS Women and Children, who on their
return to England from the Coast of Spain; unhappily perished in the Wreck of the
Queen Transport, on Trefusis Point, JanY 14, 1814.
This stone is erected as a Testimony of regret for their fate by the Inhabitants of this Parish.
This is an interesting memorial stone.

Listing NGR: SW8205935243

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613978

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock