TWO HEADSTONES TO BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH JESTY. 12 M NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1305027
Date first listed:: 13-Dec-1984
List Entry Name:: TWO HEADSTONES TO BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH JESTY. 12 M NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS
Statutory Address:: TWO HEADSTONES TO BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH JESTY. 12 M NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1305027
Date first listed:: 13-Dec-1984
List Entry Name:: TWO HEADSTONES TO BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH JESTY. 12 M NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS
Statutory Address 1:: TWO HEADSTONES TO BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH JESTY. 12 M NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS

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Statutory Address:: TWO HEADSTONES TO BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH JESTY. 12 M NORTH OF CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS

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District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Worth Matravers
National Grid Reference:: SY 97273 77459

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SY 9777 WORTH MATRAVERS WORTH MATRAVERS VILLAGE

9/125 Two headstones in churchyard, to Benjamin and Elizabeth Jesty. 12 m north of Church of Saint Nicholas

- II

Two headstones. One to Benjamin Jesty, died 1816, the other to his wife Elizabeth, died 1824 - the latter with carvings of cherubs . Headstone to Benjamin Jesty inscribed "The first person known that introduced the Cow Pox by innoculation" (ie pre-dating the work of Edward Jenner). Included primarily for historic interest.

Listing NGR: SY9727477454

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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.