MEMORIAL TO THOMAS LAWSON AND SHELTER AGAINST EAST WALL OF FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND (AT NGR NY 585 215)
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1158034
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1987
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL TO THOMAS LAWSON AND SHELTER AGAINST EAST WALL OF FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND (AT NGR NY 585 215)
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL TO THOMAS LAWSON AND SHELTER AGAINST EAST WALL OF FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND (AT NGR NY 585 215)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cumbria
- District:
- Eden (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newby
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 58520 21491
Details
NEWBY
NY 52 SE
1/54 Memorial to Thomas
Lawson and shelter
against east wall of
Friends Burial Ground
(at NGR NY 585 215)
GV II*
Top of chest tomb re-set against enclosure wall in lean-to shelter; originally
erected by one of Lawson's students. Inscribed stone slab; shelter formed by
coursed rubble cheeks to either side supporting stone flag over top. Slab c.4
ft high and c.2 1/2 ft wide with inscription in debased Roman capitals: SUB HOC
TUMULO JA-/GET CORPUS THOMAE/LAWSON DE MAGNA STORE-/LANDIA LUDIMAGISTER/ET
BOTANICUS NON IMPE-/RITUS QUI OBIIT 12 DIE N0-/VEMBER.: ANNO DOMINI/1691. ANNO
AETATIS/SUAE 61. Rest of inscription, recording Frances his wife and Jonah his
son, is weathered. Thomas Lawson (1630-1691) appears in the Dictionary of
National Biography (XXXII, 297); he was said to be the most noted herbalist in
England of his time with several English plants first being described by him and
one, Hieracium Lawsonii, named after him. Graded for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NY5850021500
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 74073
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Concise Dictionary of National Biography, (1939), 297
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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