Pair of Barton headstones approximately 18 metres south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary

Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1237035
Date first listed:: 19-Feb-1990
List Entry Name:: Pair of Barton headstones approximately 18 metres south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary
Statutory Address:: Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1237035
Date first listed:: 19-Feb-1990
List Entry Name:: Pair of Barton headstones approximately 18 metres south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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

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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:: Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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County:: Kent
District:: Tonbridge and Malling (District Authority)
Parish:: Hadlow
National Grid Reference:: TQ 63414 49704

Details

TQ 6349 7/37 HADLOW CHURCH STREET Pair of Barton headstones approximately18 metres south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary

GV II Pair of adjacent headstones. Dated 1774 and 1771 in memory of members of the Barton family. Sandstone. Two similar headstones standing close to one another. Both are upright slabs with curvilinear-shaped double heads and both are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering including some italics. The right one stands approximately1.2 metres high and records the deaths of Barbara Barton in 1774 and her husband Anthony in 1783. The left one stands approximately1 metre high and records the death of the rector Thomas Barton in 1771 and his wife Elizabeth in 1763.

Listing NGR: TQ6341449704

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Legacy System:: LBS

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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.