RILEY GRAVES AND GRAVEYARD

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1109993
Date first listed:
12-Oct-1984
Statutory Address:
RILEY GRAVES AND GRAVEYARD, RILEY LANE

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Location

Statutory Address:
RILEY GRAVES AND GRAVEYARD, RILEY LANE

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

County:
Derbyshire
District:
Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
Parish:
Eyam
National Park:
PEAK DISTRICT
National Grid Reference:
SK 22855 76384

Details

SK 27 NW PARISH OF EYAM RILEY LANE 4/63 (North Side) Riley Graves and Graveyard

II

Six gravestones and a table tomb, enclosed by stone wall. 1666. Gritstone and gritstone rubble. Gritstone rubble wall with rubble copings enclosing six gravestones and a table tomb, those to east, from south to north, inscribed 'ALICE HANCOCKE BUR AUG 9th 1666', 'ANN HANCOCKE, BUR AUG 10th 1666' and 'WILLIAM HANCOCKE BUR AUG 17th 1666'. Ones to west, from south to north inscribed 'JOHN HANCOCKE JUN BUR AUG 3rd 1666', 'ELIZABETH HANCOCKE BUR AUG 3rd 1666' and 'ONER HANCOCKE BUR AUG 7th 1666'. To south, plain table tomb with sides inscribed 'HORAM,NESCITIS, VIGILATE, ORATE'. Top inscribed 'REMEMBER MAN, AS THOU GOEST BY, AS THOU ART NOW, EVEN ONCE WAS I, AS I DOE NOW, SO MUST THOU LYE. REMEMBER MAN THAN THOU MUST DIE'. Memorial to the whole Hancocke family who died of the plague.

Listing NGR: SK2285576384

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
80671
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

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

End of official listing

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Date: 23 Jun 2006
Reference: IOE01/15547/20
Rights: Copyright IoE Mr George Wolfe. Source Historic England Archive
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