STEVENSON TOMB CLOSE TO CHANCEL SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE

STEVENSON TOMB CLOSE TO CHANCEL SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1260988
Date first listed:
21-Jan-1987
Statutory Address:
STEVENSON TOMB CLOSE TO CHANCEL SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET
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Date:
1999-08-04
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1260988
Date first listed:
21-Jan-1987
Statutory Address 1:
STEVENSON TOMB CLOSE TO CHANCEL SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
STEVENSON TOMB CLOSE TO CHANCEL SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, FRONT STREET

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

District:
County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
NZ 11904 54370

Details

AMB
NZ 15 SW
6/63 (inset)

CONSETT
FRONT STREET
(West Side)
Medomsley
Stevenson tomb close to chancel south wall of Church of St. Mary Magdalene

II
GV

Chest tomb. Circa 1631. Commemorates John and Ambreas Stevenson. Sandstone.
Large slabs form chest on wider base; flat overhanging coping inscribed HERE
LYETH THE BODY / OF JOHN STEVENSON (sic) / GENTLEMAN LORD AND / MASTER OF BIERSID
WHO / DEPARTED TO THE MARCY / OF GOD THE 17 DAY OF SEP/TEMBER IN THE MORNE/ING
AND WAS BVERED / THE 18 DAY AT NIGHT / ANO DOMNI 1639
and HEAR LIES THE BODY / OF AMBREAS STEVEN/SON OF BIERSID THE YOUNGER DEPARTED /
THIS LIFE THE SIXT / DAY OF OCTOBER / IN THE YEAR / OF OUR LORD GOD / ANO 1689.

Listing NGR: NZ1190454370

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438990
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