WALTON TOMB ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS ON EAST SIDE OF PATH

WALTON TOMB ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS ON EAST SIDE OF PATH, MARKET PLACE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1231710
Date first listed:: 05-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:: WALTON TOMB ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS ON EAST SIDE OF PATH
Statutory Address:: WALTON TOMB ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS ON EAST SIDE OF PATH, MARKET PLACE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1231710
Date first listed:: 05-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:: WALTON TOMB ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS ON EAST SIDE OF PATH
Statutory Address 1:: WALTON TOMB ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS ON EAST SIDE OF PATH, MARKET PLACE

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: WALTON TOMB ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS ON EAST SIDE OF PATH, MARKET PLACE

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District:: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Stanhope
National Grid Reference:: NY 99690 39209

Details

STANHOPE MARKET PLACE NY 9939 (North side) Stanhope

34/229 Walton tomb about 10 metres south of Church of St.Thomas on east side of path GV II Headstone. Commemorates Ann and Michael Walton, died 1763 and 1770, aged 87 and 80. Moulded, square-topped sandstone slab, about 1½ metres high, with inscription: 'He that like us/hath numbered fourscore years/must need be weary of this vale of tears/desire to be translated/to the place where we/shall ever see our saviour face/cease from sorrows here/yea cease from sin/and a Blest eternity begin/below our cares are done/all our accounts are even/and now we are gone/(obscured by earth) heaven.

Listing NGR: NY9969039209

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