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Latitude: 51.1629 / 51°9'46"N
Longitude: 0.3242 / 0°19'27"E
OS Eastings: 562605
OS Northings: 142972
OS Grid: TQ626429
Mapcode National: GBR NQZ.4R5
Mapcode Global: VHHQF.K1QC
Plus Code: 9F32587F+5M
Entry Name: 2 Adjacent Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of the Nave of the Old Churhc of St Peter
Listing Date: 24 August 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1360939
English Heritage Legacy ID: 438444
ID on this website: 101360939
Location: St Peter's Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Pembury
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Pembury St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Tombstone
TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD
5/414 2 adjacent headstones approx lm south of the nave of the Old Church of St Peter GV II
2 adjacent headstones. Dated 1762 and 1792. Both are upright sandstone slabs. The right one stands approx 1.1m high. Its shaped head is carved with an hourglass in front of crossed trumpets with scrolls around. The first line of the inscription is in Gothic lettering, the rest in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. It records the death of Joshia Parks in 1762. Adjacent to the left (north) is a taller headstone, approx1.5m high. Its shaped head is carved with a radiating sunburst flanked by swags of nut-and-husk. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering with italics in the open pages of a book above an apron on drapery. The inscription is faint and illegible in all but perfect lighting conditions.
Listing NGR: TQ6268442960
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