Group of 9 Grave Tablets Approximately 15 Metres East of East End of Church of St Peter
GROUP OF 9 GRAVE TABLETS APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES EAST OF EAST END OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, KIRKTHORPE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1300627
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 9 Grave Tablets Approximately 15 Metres East of East End of Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- GROUP OF 9 GRAVE TABLETS APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES EAST OF EAST END OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, KIRKTHORPE LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1300627
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 9 Grave Tablets Approximately 15 Metres East of East End of Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROUP OF 9 GRAVE TABLETS APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES EAST OF EAST END OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, KIRKTHORPE LANE
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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:
- GROUP OF 9 GRAVE TABLETS APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES EAST OF EAST END OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, KIRKTHORPE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Warmfield cum Heath
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 36155 20980
Details
SE32SE WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH KIRKTHORPE LANE (west side, off)
Group of 9 grave 1/99 tablets approx. 15m east of east end of Church of St. Peter
GV II
9 grave slabs. c1814 to 1818. Ashlar memorials to a group of Benedictine Nuns. That to left inscribed "Emilia Monteiro, Born at Lisbon Died July 3d 1816 Aged 15"
Others bear initials only and "O.S.B." the initials of the order, under which are dates of decease and the letters "R.I.P." All are rectangular with curved corners and have a Maltese cross in relief.
These are the graves of a contingent of Benedictine Nuns who left France on the 17th October, 1792. They resided at Heath Old Hall from 1811 to 1821 where there were approx. 42 Nuns besides novices, pupils, servants and outdoor employees (approx. 80 in all). The names of all the Nuns are recorded in the parish register.
B. Everett, A History of Kirkthorpe (1981), p6.
Listing NGR: SE3615520980
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 342404
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Everett, B, A History of Kirkthorpe, (1981), 6
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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