Description

SD 9672-9772
21/97

KETTLEWELL WITH STARBOTTON
THE GREEN
(south side, off)
Kettlewell
Grave slab 1 metre south of chancel of Church of St. Mary

GV
II

Grave slab. Dated 1695. Gritstone. A single slab now set into the ground
but possibly formerly in the church. The inscription is heavily weathered
and consists of 3 sections: the top 11 lines worn down on the right side,
but well incised on the left: " HERE LIETH THE BODY OF/ ?M_ ME ... THE WIFE
/OF.M. . . /CHUR...TO/CROSFEL?RELICT OF/ & TO.H...WYYIL...ID/DAUGH.TO
MARM.../OF ?BUKTON CONST K/ ART. WHOE DIED 17.../ WAS BURIED .20 OF
JUNE/1695 AN AET 49". The central panel, composed of incised lines with
scroll at the corners, comprised 3 lines only partly legible at resurvey:
"FROM...IT WAS/DEC?IDED A IVBILEE/SH?OULD THEN SUCCED" The lower part of
the slab has a recessed shield upon which is inscribed a pattern of linked
squares and 4 lines: "?OSWI/MORI/ERGO DOMUM/MARSTUS" Below are the letters
"H ? I I". The slab has a fillet and roll moulding to the edge.

Listing NGR: SD9714872246

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425144

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)