GROUP OF 14 CHEST TOMBS AND ANNE COLLIER HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY

GROUP OF 14 CHEST TOMBS AND ANNE COLLIER HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1053051
Date first listed:: 03-Mar-1988
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 14 CHEST TOMBS AND ANNE COLLIER HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 14 CHEST TOMBS AND ANNE COLLIER HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1053051
Date first listed:: 03-Mar-1988
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 14 CHEST TOMBS AND ANNE COLLIER HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1:: GROUP OF 14 CHEST TOMBS AND ANNE COLLIER HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 14 CHEST TOMBS AND ANNE COLLIER HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 2-3 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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County:: Oxfordshire
District:: West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Witney
National Grid Reference:: SP 35649 09246

Details

WITNEY CHURCH GREEN SP3509S (South side) 11/56 Group of 14 chest tombs and Anne Collier headstone approx. 2-3 m. S and SE of chancel of church of St. Mary GV II

14 chest tombs and headstone. Headstone approximately 3 metres south-east. Late C17. Limestone, with scrolled head. Commemorates Anne Collier, d.1692. Two chest tombs approximately 3 metres south-east. Early C19. Limestone. Tomb to east, with beaded panels and moulded plinth, cornice and top, commemorates William Collier, d.1802. Tomb to west, plain with moulded plinth and cornice and shaped top, commemorates Edward Collier, d.1831, his wife and children. Two chest tombs, approximately 2 metres south of chancel and 1 metres east of south transept. Early C19. Limestone. Double chest tomb to north, with moulded plinth and cornice and acorn finial surmounting shaped top, commemorates A.W. Batt, d.1817, and Mary Batt, d.1833, Tomb to south, with fielded panels and moulded plinth, cornice and top, commemorates William Long, d.1823, his wife and family. Two chest tombs, approximately 2 metres south of chancel and 5 metres east of south transept. Early C19. Limestone. Each has beaded and fielded panels, and moulded plinth, cornice and top. Tomb to north commemorates Thomas Jones, d.1827. Tomb to south commemorates William Ashfield, d.1828. Eight C19 chest tombs are not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SP3564909246

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Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.