Pair of coffin slabs immediately to north of nave of Church of Saint Peter

Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1055317
Date first listed:
25-Feb-1987
Statutory Address:
Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern
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Date:
2001-06-30
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1055317
Date first listed:
25-Feb-1987
Statutory Address 1:
Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern

Location

Statutory Address:
Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Stoke upon Tern
National Grid Reference:
SJ 63816 27987

Details

SJ 6227-6327
SJ 63810 27986
14/104

STOKE UPON TERN C.P.
STOKE UPON TERN
Pair of coffin slabs immediately to north of nave of Church of Saint Peter

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II
Pair of coffin slabs. Probably C13 or C14. Red sandstone. Each with incised cross and border. At the time of survey (March 1986) only the top half of the westernmost slab remains. This is one of three groups of coffin slabs to the north of the Church of Saint Peter (qv). They were discovered built into the foundations of the south wall of the old church. The present church dates from 1874-75.

Listing NGR: SJ6381627987

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Cranage, DHS, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, (1908), 728

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