Group of 7 Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of Brayford Baptist Church
GROUP OF 7 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF BRAYFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1107557
- Date first listed:
- 13-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 7 Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of Brayford Baptist Church
- Statutory Address:
- GROUP OF 7 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF BRAYFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1107557
- Date first listed:
- 13-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 7 Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of Brayford Baptist Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROUP OF 7 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF BRAYFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
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.
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:
- GROUP OF 7 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF BRAYFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Brayford
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 68658 34724
Details
BRAYFORD BRAYFORD SS 63 SE 3/8 Group of 7 headstones - approximately 1 metre south of Brayford Baptist Church GV II
Group of 7 headstone. Early C19. Slate. William Crocker d. 1840 with scalloped decoration to the corners. Jabez Lyle d.1829 with inscription 'If God be pleased and his glorified Creatures be pleased who are we that we should be displeased'. Edward Wedlake d.1829 'who was sent forth to preach the gospel by the church in this place' Mary Winzer d.1830. Jane Cutcliffe d.1836 and William Cutcliffe d.1847 by Philip Pile, Bratton. Mary Gould d.1826 with inscription 'she was one of the first in this part of the Kingdom who followed the Primitive Christians in the Ordinance of Believers Baptism'. Joseph Gould d.1817 with inscription 'He was a man of piety, given to hospitality, a lover of the poor; but, above all, a promoter of vital Christianity' etc. This stone was reputedly ejected from Charles parish churchyard and remains buried here. D Thompson, 'A Book of Remembrance : Baptist Churches in North Devon', 1885.
Listing NGR: SS6865834724
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 98890
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Thompson, D, A Book of Remembrance Baptist Churches in North Devon, (1885)
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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