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Latitude: 50.3512 / 50°21'4"N
Longitude: -4.7282 / 4°43'41"W
OS Eastings: 206011
OS Northings: 53705
OS Grid: SX060537
Mapcode National: GBR N2.W993
Mapcode Global: FRA 08Z3.PS9
Plus Code: 9C2Q972C+FP
Entry Name: Leek Seed Chapel Stephens Tomb North West of Chapel
Listing Date: 14 April 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1386523
English Heritage Legacy ID: 473913
Location: St. Blaise, Cornwall, PL24
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: St. Blaise
Built-Up Area: St Blazey
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Par
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SX 05 SE S T AUSTEll ROAD ST BlAZEY GATE
868-1/10/10117
Leek Seed Chapel: Stephens Tomb NW of Chapel
GV II
Chest tomb. 1822 to William Stephens (1740-1822), "The Old Gardener". Dressed granite with monolithic sides and a moulded lid. Rectangular plan. Stephens inscription to marble panel at one end. HISTORY: William Stephens is reputed to have saved the chapel fund by bravely bluffing 3 intruders that a pile of leek seed was a pile of gunpowder. See more detailed description with leek Seed Chapel qv.
Listing NGR: SX0601153705
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