Pair of Headstones 1 Metre East of Church of St Cuthbert
PAIR OF HEADSTONES 1 METRE EAST OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1041398
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Headstones 1 Metre East of Church of St Cuthbert
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF HEADSTONES 1 METRE EAST OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1041398
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Headstones 1 Metre East of Church of St Cuthbert
- Statutory Address 1:
- PAIR OF HEADSTONES 1 METRE EAST OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, CHURCH LANE
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF HEADSTONES 1 METRE EAST OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- West Bedlington
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 26070 81812
Details
BEDLINGTON CHURCH LANE NZ 2681 NW (East side) Bedlington
9/55 Pair of heads tones 1 metre east of Church of St. Cuthbert GV II
Headstones, C19. Sandstone. Southern stone bears inscription only: Here lie the remains of Elizabeth Burdon Wife of William Burdon of Hartford in this Parish Of this lady it may be truly said that she possessed more virtues and had fewer faults than usually falls to the share of her sex for the distinguishing features of her character were prudence and good sense tho free from the excess of passion and sentiment she was spirited, tho gentle and humane a dutiful wife, a tender mother, and a kind friend generous, liberal and beneficent On the whole, it is impossible to name a woman who without possessing a cultivated mind lived and diedmore agreeably to reason or left a deeper sense of her loss, among those who had the happiness to know her She first felt the attack of consumption on the 5th/ of October 1805 and lingered with composed resignation till the 17th of September 1806 when she fell on the 5th day of a severe agony aged 31 years esteemed beloved regretted
Northern stone has medallion with inverted boat and inscription to Sarah, wife of Peter Stavers, d. 1863, and her son Wilkinson who was drowned along with his wife Hannah and the entire crew of the Brig Robert and Mary of Blyth, in a heavy storm in the Cattegat, 1864.
Listing NGR: NZ2607081812
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 235926
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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