George Parker Bidder Monument About 5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St. Peter

GEORGE PARKER BIDDER MONUMENT ABOUT 5 METRES SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST. PETER, CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1325164
Date first listed:
25-Mar-1991
Statutory Address:
GEORGE PARKER BIDDER MONUMENT ABOUT 5 METRES SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST. PETER, CHURCH ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1325164
Date first listed:
25-Mar-1991
Statutory Address 1:
GEORGE PARKER BIDDER MONUMENT ABOUT 5 METRES SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST. PETER, CHURCH ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
GEORGE PARKER BIDDER MONUMENT ABOUT 5 METRES SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST. PETER, CHURCH ROAD

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

County:
Devon
District:
South Hams (District Authority)
Parish:
Stoke Fleming
National Grid Reference:
SX 86186 48292

Details

STOKE FLEMING CHURCH ROAD SX84NE STOKE FLEMING. 6/155 George Parker Bidder Monument about 5 metres South of tower of Church of St. Peter

GV II

Churchyard monument. Circa 1878. Granite monolith in form of an early medieval cross with short arms on a round head and with roll-moulded arrises. Stepped granite plinth with lead inscription in upper case lettering:- In memory of George Parker Bidder, born June 14th 1806, died September 20th 1878. George Parker Bidder was born in Moretonhampstead but lived at Stoke House in Stoke Fleming. He was an infant prodigy, civil engineer and mathematician. He was associated with Robert Stephenson in the London and Birmingham railway project (1834); he helped to found the Electric Telegraph Company, constructed the Victoria Docks in London and was president of the Devonshire Association. Source: W.G. Hoskins, Devon, page 440. Whites Directory 1878. B.F. Cresswell, NOTES ON DEVON CHURCHES, Deanery of Ipplepen, 1903.

Listing NGR: SX8618648292

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Sources

Books and journals
Cresswell, B F, Notes on Devon Churches of the Deanery of Ipplepen, (1903)
White, , Devon, (1839)
Hoskins, W G, A New Survey of England in Devon, (1972), 440

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