Monument to Ransley Family, About 10 Metres South East of Church of St Mary Magdalene
MONUMENT TO RANSLEY FAMILY, ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, THE CORNER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1071204
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Ransley Family, About 10 Metres South East of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO RANSLEY FAMILY, ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, THE CORNER
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- Reference:
- IOE01/12549/30
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1071204
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Ransley Family, About 10 Metres South East of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO RANSLEY FAMILY, ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, THE CORNER
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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:
- MONUMENT TO RANSLEY FAMILY, ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, THE CORNER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Ashford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ruckinge
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 02493 33524
Details
TR 03 SW RUCKINGE THE CORNER (south side) 6/102 Monument to Ransley family, about 10 metres south-east of Church of St. Mary Magdalene GV II Monument to James and William Ransley, d.1800. Wood and iron. Simple wooden plank supported by spear-finialled iron posts at either end and by central iron split-post. The board may have been originally painted with an inscription. James and William Ransley were members of the Aldington gang, led by Cephas Quested and George Ransley, and were hanged 1800 for smuggling offences, the local influence of the Ransleys (born in nearby Ransley Cottage) such that they were accorded honourable burial in the churchyard. The Aldington gang inspired the G.P.R. James novel The Smugglers and Russel Thorndike's series of Dr. Syn adventures. (See Waugh Smuggling in Kent and Sussex).
Listing NGR: TR0260733627
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 181688
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Waugh, M, Smuggling in Kent and Sussex 1700-1890, (1985)
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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