Description

TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST ASHURST HILL, ASHURST

7/436 Anonymous headstone approx 5m
south of the porch of the
Church of St Martin
GV II

Triple headstone. Circa 1762 in memory of members of the same family (surname
not noted). Broad upright sandstone slab standing approx 500mm high. It has
a triple-headed shaped top, each carved with the same motif; a winged cherub
head with rosettes over crossed trumpets. 3 inscriptions. Each begins in
Gothic lettering followed by Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The
surname of the deceased was not noted but from left to right the panels record
the deaths of the infant Thomas in 1756, Mary in 1760 and Elizabeth in 1762.

Listing NGR: TQ5075738974

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26639279

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)