Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary

Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1363132
Date first listed:: 19-Feb-1990
List Entry Name:: Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary
Statutory Address:: Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1363132
Date first listed:: 19-Feb-1990
List Entry Name:: Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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.

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

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, TN11 0DB

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County:: Kent
District:: Tonbridge and Malling (District Authority)
Parish:: Hadlow
National Grid Reference:: TQ6347949716

Details

TQ 63 49 7/52 HADLOW CHURCH STREET Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary

GV II

Pair of headstones. Dated 1726 and 1739 in memory of members of the Wells family. Sandstone. Upright slabs, both standing approximately 500mm high with curvilinear shaped heads and inscribed with large Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The right one has a flat face and the head is crudely carved with a skull and crossbones; the inscription records the death of Richard Wells in 1726. The left headstone has a double head and recessed front panel. The inscription is divided into two columns, one for John Wells (d. 1739) and the other for his wife Ann (date illegible).

Listing NGR: TQ6347949716

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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.