2 SETS OF GRAVESTONES TO HEAD AND FEET OF GRAVES OF HONOUR AND MARY BURDEN APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES WEST OF WEST END OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1325337
Date first listed:: 29-May-1986
List Entry Name:: 2 SETS OF GRAVESTONES TO HEAD AND FEET OF GRAVES OF HONOUR AND MARY BURDEN APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES WEST OF WEST END OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
Statutory Address:: 2 SETS OF GRAVESTONES TO HEAD AND FEET OF GRAVES OF HONOUR AND MARY BURDEN APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES WEST OF WEST END OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1325337
Date first listed:: 29-May-1986
List Entry Name:: 2 SETS OF GRAVESTONES TO HEAD AND FEET OF GRAVES OF HONOUR AND MARY BURDEN APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES WEST OF WEST END OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
Statutory Address 1:: 2 SETS OF GRAVESTONES TO HEAD AND FEET OF GRAVES OF HONOUR AND MARY BURDEN APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES WEST OF WEST END OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Statutory Address:: 2 SETS OF GRAVESTONES TO HEAD AND FEET OF GRAVES OF HONOUR AND MARY BURDEN APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES WEST OF WEST END OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER

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

County:: Devon
District:: North Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Westleigh
National Grid Reference:: SS 47240 28641

Details

WESTLEIGH WESTLEIGH SS 42 NE 3/130 2 sets of gravestones to head and feet of graves of Honour and Mary Burden approximately 5 metres west of west end of west tower of Church of St Peter GV II Two sets of gravestones. Late C18. Slate. Nowy-arched. Headstone recording death of Honour daughter of William Burden died 1761 aged 3. Below, a shared inscription with John son of Leonard and Grace Wood died 1786. Well-bedded stone at foot of grave with part of verse 'Her time was short The Longer is her rest' Headstone of Mary, wife of William Burden, died 1773 has incised crossed bones above inscription 'Her ways were ways of Pleasantness and all Her Paths were peace' Recorded on reverse is death of Mary wife of James Jenn of Horwood, died, 1812. Stone at foot of grave with representation of hour-glass flanked by words 'my glass/is run' with inscription 'Here lies this mortal part of a beloved wife Prudent in all her Conduct Here in Life A tender mother, a faithful Comfort here, Lamented by Her Spouse and Children dear Secure of Peace Her Soul is Gone to Rest in The eternal mansions of the blesst.'

Listing NGR: SS4723128650

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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.