Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery
TOMB OF HILL IN ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1350415
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jan-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- TOMB OF HILL IN ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1350415
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jan-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOMB OF HILL IN ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
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.
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:
- TOMB OF HILL IN ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 60682 71554
Details
901-1/0/10144 BATH ROAD
30-JAN-03 Tomb of Hill in Arnos Vale Cemetery
GV II
Headstone of P.C. Richard Hill (d.1869)
Grey Pennant stone headstone. Segmental head, pierced panel to centre with quatrefoils and four-armed stars. Epitaph in Gothic lettering.
HISTORY: Hill was 'a Police Constable of the City of Bristol who was murdered whilst in the execution of his duty in Gloucester Lane 26th April 1869 aged 31 years'. The epitaph is a late example of a memento mori verse: 'What is man's life, 'tis as a flower / Looks fresh and dies within an hour / How frail is man - how short his breath / In the midst of life we are in death'. Listed for its visual and historic interest.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 490002
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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