CHEST TOMB TO SAMUEL WESLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW

CHEST TOMB TO SAMUEL WESLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1083273
Date first listed:: 10-Sep-1987
List Entry Name:: CHEST TOMB TO SAMUEL WESLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
Statutory Address:: CHEST TOMB TO SAMUEL WESLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH STREET

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Date:: 2002-08-05
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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1083273
Date first listed:: 10-Sep-1987
List Entry Name:: CHEST TOMB TO SAMUEL WESLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
Statutory Address 1:: CHEST TOMB TO SAMUEL WESLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH STREET

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

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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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Location

Statutory Address:: CHEST TOMB TO SAMUEL WESLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH STREET

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

District:: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Epworth
National Grid Reference:: SE7838704004

Details

SE 70 SE 11/64

EPWORTH CHURCH STREET (north side)

Chest tomb to Samuel Wesley approximately 3 metres south of chancel of Church of St Andrew

GV II

Chest tomb. 1735 graveslab, recut 1819, with later C19 chest and enclosure, restored in 1953. Ashlar, wrought-iron railings. Inscribed stone to Samuel Wesley of 1735, on moulded ashlar chest in enclosure with ashlar base and low decorative wrought-iron railings. Inscription on east side of chest records 1953 renovations by Tyas Guest Swinton. Samuel Wesley, Rector of Epworth from 1696 to his death in 1735, was father of John and Charles Wesley. During Whitsun week in June 1742, when not allowed to officiate within the church, John Wesley preached every evening from his father's tomb. Included for historical interest. W Read, History of the Isle of Axholme, 1858, pp 191, 212; Church Guide, 1984, pp 7, 11.

Listing NGR: SE7838704004

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Legacy System number:: 165125
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Church of St Andrew Church Guide, (1984), 7, 11
Read, W, History of the Isle of Axholme, (1858), 191, 212

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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.