Group of four coffin slabs immediately to north of nave of Church of Saint Peter

Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1176600
Date first listed:
25-Feb-1987
Statutory Address:
Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1176600
Date first listed:
25-Feb-1987
Statutory Address 1:
Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern

Location

Statutory Address:
Church of Saint Peter, Stoke upon Tern

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

District:
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Stoke upon Tern
National Grid Reference:
SJ 63804 27987

Details

SJ 6227-6327
SJ 63806-27986
14/106

STOKE UPON TERN
Group of four coffin slabs immediately to north of nave of Church of Saint Peter

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Group of four coffin slabs. One possibly C12, the rest probably C13 or C14. Red sandstone. Probably earlier slab to north east with raised interlaced foliage ornament. Later slabs each with incised cross and border. This is one of three groups of coffin slabs to the north of the Church of Saint Peter (qv). They were discovered built into the foundations of the south wall of the old church. The present church dates from 1874-75.
Listing NGR: SJ6380427987

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Sources

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Cranage, DHS, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, (1908), 728

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