Monument to Martha Gunn in Churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra
MONUMENT TO MARTHA GUNN IN CHURCHYARD OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1380389
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1999
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO MARTHA GUNN IN CHURCHYARD OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1380389
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1999
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO MARTHA GUNN IN CHURCHYARD OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- MONUMENT TO MARTHA GUNN IN CHURCHYARD OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, DYKE ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO MARTHA GUNN IN CHURCHYARD OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, CHURCH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO MARTHA GUNN IN CHURCHYARD OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA, DYKE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 30780 04494
Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3004SE DYKE ROAD
577-1/39/1168 (East side)
Monument to Martha Gunn in
churchyard of the Church of St
Nicholas of Myra
GV II
Includes: Monument to Martha Gunn in churchyard of Church of
St Nicholas of Myra CHURCH STREET.
Headstone to Martha Gunn. c1815. Stone. 3m from the south-east
corner of the church. Coffin shaped bodystone and footstone.
Martha Gunn was the most famous of the Brighton 'dippers',
women who were employed to plunge women bathers into the sea
in the second half of the C18 and first half of the C19; she
was active from c1750 to 1814.
Listing NGR: TQ3078004494
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 480502
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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