Tombstones South of South Porch

TOMBSTONES SOUTH OF SOUTH PORCH, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1331750
Date first listed:
31-Jan-1984
Statutory Address:
TOMBSTONES SOUTH OF SOUTH PORCH, HIGH STREET
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Date:
1999-09-19
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1331750
Date first listed:
31-Jan-1984
Statutory Address 1:
TOMBSTONES SOUTH OF SOUTH PORCH, HIGH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
TOMBSTONES SOUTH OF SOUTH PORCH, HIGH STREET

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

County:
Cambridgeshire
District:
East Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Burwell
National Grid Reference:
TL 58933 66096

Details

TL 5866 TL 5966 BURWELL HIGH STREET (West Side)

15/22A 16/22A Tombstones south of south porch

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Three C17 head stones on north side of path leading to and twenty-five yards from north porch with indecipherable inscriptions.

( i) Skull and cross-bones with cenral cherub and swags. ( ii) Cross bones with hour glass surmounted by winged skull. (iii) Large rectangular hole with inscription above.

Group of three chosen from twenty-two headstones of C17 and C18 some of which are illustrated in RCHM North-East Cambs.

Listing NGR: TL5893366096

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48939
Legacy System:
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Cambridgeshire North East, (1972)

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