Description

TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN

SP1170 THE GREEN
652-1/9/156 (East side)
18/03/97 Chest tomb approx. 12m south of
chancel of Church of St Mary
Magdalene

GV II

Chest tomb to Elizabeth, wife of Richard Field of Blackford,
d.1819. Signed to lower part of north face: ' ..... INKBERROW,
DELN. ET SC...' Ashlar chest on pinkish-brown brick plinth.
Late Neo-Classical style. Approx. 2m high by 1.75m long by 1m
wide.
Plinth, stepped base, rectangular chest with quarter-balusters
to indented angles. Long sides each have oval inscription
panel within square frame with fluted decoration.
Cavetto-moulded cornice. Shallow pyramidal surmounting slab.
Badly-worn inscription to west face with remains of delicately
carved decoration.
To south face inscribed: 'SACRED / to the Memory of Eliz Wife
of / Richd Field late of Black-Ford / who died Novr 9th 1819.
Aged 61 Years'.
All the listed items in the churchyard form a group.

Listing NGR: SP1137270501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662493

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