Gossum Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South West Of The Tower Of The Church Of St Mary The Virgin

Date:
1 Aug 2004
Location:
Gossum Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South West Of The Tower Of The Church Of St Mary The Virgin, Speldhurst Hill, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0NL
Reference:
IOE01/12724/21
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURSTHILL (north side), SPELDHURST 12/568 Gossum headstone approx 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin GV II

Headstone. Dated 1721 in memory of Richard Gossum. Upright sandstone slab standing approx 1.5m high. Its shaped head is carved with a good (if somewhat rustic) representation of the Good Samaritan story with scrolls around following the shape of the head. Inscription below in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering records the death of Richard Gossum in 1721. The grave is complete with a pair of body stones and footstones, the latter inscribed BG and AG.

Listing NGR: TQ5533341410

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0255 IOE Records taken by Neville Broadbent; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Neville Broadbent. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Broadbent, Neville

Rights Holder: Broadbent, Neville

Keywords

Sandstone, Stuart Gravestone, Georgian Religious Ritual And Funerary, Grave Marker, Funerary Site