Row of 3 Headstones Approximately 20 Metres South West of Dorchester Abbey
ROW OF 3 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH WEST OF DORCHESTER ABBEY, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1369091
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1986
- Statutory Address:
- ROW OF 3 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH WEST OF DORCHESTER ABBEY, HIGH STREET
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- Date:
- 2002-11-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/06491/34
- Rights:
- © Mrs A H Jacobs. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1369091
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1986
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROW OF 3 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH WEST OF DORCHESTER ABBEY, HIGH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROW OF 3 HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH WEST OF DORCHESTER ABBEY, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dorchester
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 57876 94186
Details
DORCHESTER HIGH STREET SU5794 (East side) 5/50 Row of 3 headstones approx. 20m. SW of Dorchester Abbey
GV II
3 headstones. Late C17. Limestone. Small stones, 2 with heads formed of scrolls flanking sculls above recessed inscription panels. Inscriptions commemorate Elizabeth Bisley (died aged 4) and Matthew A(?) (died aged 3 in 1683). Third stone (southernmost) has similarly-shaped but uncarved head and is inscribed "ELIZABETH/BISLEY/1682".
Listing NGR: SU5788594192
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- Legacy System number:
- 248079
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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