Brabant Tomb Circa 3 Metres South of Church of St Michael
BRABANT TOMB CIRCA 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET (SOUTH END)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121466
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Brabant Tomb Circa 3 Metres South of Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address:
- BRABANT TOMB CIRCA 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET (SOUTH END)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121466
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Brabant Tomb Circa 3 Metres South of Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRABANT TOMB CIRCA 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET (SOUTH END)
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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:
- BRABANT TOMB CIRCA 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET (SOUTH END)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bishop Middleham
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 32818 31254
Details
NZ 33 SW, 7/8
BISHOP MIDDLEHAM CHURCH STREET
(South end)
Brabant tomb
circa 3 metres
south of Church
of St Michael
GV
II
Chest tomb. Circa 1683 to John Brabant, vicar. Rusticated sandstone ashlar
sides and moulded top, with long well-cut inscription: 'Johannes Brabant,
Vicarius/obiit 28 Juni Ao Dni 1683/nuda Sacerdotis docti bene/credere inertam/
Verba docent Populum/vivere vita docet/Elizabeth his wife died the 4th/of
August 1684/Blessed are the departed which die/in the Lord' according to
Surtees; now partly eroded.
Source: R. Surtees, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatinate of
Durham, 1816-1840, III,p.7.
Listing NGR: NZ3281831254
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 112214
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Surtees, R, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatinate of Durham, (1840), 7
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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