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Latitude: 54.1878 / 54°11'16"N
Longitude: -1.1846 / 1°11'4"W
OS Eastings: 453306
OS Northings: 477198
OS Grid: SE533771
Mapcode National: GBR NN50.BK
Mapcode Global: WHD8R.SZ3Y
Plus Code: 9C6W5RQ8+45
Entry Name: Sterne Memorial in 4TH Bay on South Side of Nave of Church of St Michael
Listing Date: 24 November 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1150759
English Heritage Legacy ID: 332748
ID on this website: 101150759
Location: St Michael's Church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire, YO61
County: North Yorkshire
District: Hambleton
Civil Parish: Coxwold
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Coxwold St Michael
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Memorial
COXWOLD VILLAGE STREET
SE 5277-5377
(south side)
9/39
Sterne Memorial in 4th
bay on south side of nave
of Church of St Michael
GV II
Tombstone c1768, moved to present position 1969. Commemorating Rev Laurence
Sterne, perpetual curate of Coxwold 1760-68. White stone slab with wave-shaped
head. Long inscription about Sterne the writer. The tombstone was erected by
two brother freemasons in Bayswater churchyard as Sterne died in Bond Street,
London. When, in 1969, that churchyard was being cleared for redevelopment, his
bones and tombstone were removed to Coxwold.
Listing NGR: SE5330677198
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