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Latitude: 50.6457 / 50°38'44"N
Longitude: -2.4176 / 2°25'3"W
OS Eastings: 370567
OS Northings: 82973
OS Grid: SY705829
Mapcode National: GBR PZ.H171
Mapcode Global: FRA 57TC.HY5
Plus Code: 9C2VJHWJ+7W
Entry Name: Group of 4 Monuments Approximately 4 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Andrew
Listing Date: 22 December 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1135149
English Heritage Legacy ID: 467337
ID on this website: 101135149
Location: St Andrew's Church, Preston, Dorset, DT3
County: Dorset
Electoral Ward/Division: Preston
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Weymouth
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Preston with Sutton Poyntz St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Monument
WEYMOUTH
SY7083 CHURCH ROAD, Preston
873-1/3/471 (South side)
Group of 4 monuments approx. 4m NW
of tower of Church of St Andrew
GV II
Group of 4 headstones, NW of the tower, and adjacent to the W
churchyard wall. Portland stone. C17, C18 and C19. From the N:
(i) A large, thick double stone in the form of an open book,
with square head. There are no embellishments, but the
partially legible inscriptions cover the whole surface, and
include John ..... 1753, also John Samuely, 1775; (ii) A small
stone with complex shaped head, and a fine inscription
including Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Brown, d.1828;
(iii) A very thick, square-headed stone with bevelled back,
with a complete but only partly legible inscription, including
171- .... wife of John Smith (?); (iv) A small and thick plain
rectangular stone with an illegible inscription, probably of
the later C17.
Listing NGR: SY7056782973
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