Mayer Tomb Circa 22 Metres South West of Church of All Saints
MAYER TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1240626
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Mayer Tomb Circa 22 Metres South West of Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address:
- MAYER TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1240626
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Mayer Tomb Circa 22 Metres South West of Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address 1:
- MAYER TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
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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.
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:
- MAYER TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Muggleswick
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 04418 49915
Details
NZ 04 NW MUGGLESWICK MUGGLESWICK 10/99 Mayer tomb c.22 metres south-west of Church of All Saints GV II Headstone and railings. Stone, signed I. Lough. To children of the Mayer family who died between 1803 and 1829, John Mayer died 1819; on the reverse, inscriptions to Thomas and Ann Mayer, died 1852 and 1860. Railings 1919 by Wm. Mayer,Evenbank Foundry, Dumbarton. Sandstone slab; cast iron railings. Tall slab with shaped moulded top; top panel filled with low relief cherub's head and swags. Signed on north edge, near top. Historical note: this is said to be the first sculpture made by John Lough, completely independently. From 1812 to 1819 he was apprenticed to Jonathan Marshall of Shotley Bridge. Ann Mayer is the Nanny Mayer from whom the Stanhope and Tyne railway incline gets it name. Low railings of linked squares have wide top rail with relief inscription 'In the unerring course of time this is to trace a grave and protect the honoured tomb of Ann Mayer by Wm. Mayer Evenbank Foundry Dumbarton NB' and at the foot of grave: 'Time 1919 flies' and an hour-glass finial. Sources: J.W. Fawcett, The Parish Registers of Muggleswick, Durham 1906, p.55; Tomlinson North Eastern Railway, 1914, 2nd ed. K. Hoole, Newton Abbott 1967; p.243; R Welford, Men of Mark Twixt Tyne and Tweed, Newcastle 1895 III p.100.
Listing NGR: NZ0441849915
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439106
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Welford, R, Men of Twixt Tyne and Tweed, (1895)
Fawcett, J W, The Parish Registers of Muggleswick Durham, (1906), 55
Tomlinson, W W, History of the North Eastern Railway, (1967), 100
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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