Description

NEWBY
NY 52 SE

1/54 Memorial to Thomas
Lawson and shelter
against east wall of
Friends Burial Ground
(at NGR NY 585 215)

GV II*

Top of chest tomb re-set against enclosure wall in lean-to shelter; originally
erected by one of Lawson's students. Inscribed stone slab; shelter formed by
coursed rubble cheeks to either side supporting stone flag over top. Slab c.4
ft high and c.2 1/2 ft wide with inscription in debased Roman capitals: SUB HOC
TUMULO JA-/GET CORPUS THOMAE/LAWSON DE MAGNA STORE-/LANDIA LUDIMAGISTER/ET
BOTANICUS NON IMPE-/RITUS QUI OBIIT 12 DIE N0-/VEMBER.: ANNO DOMINI/1691. ANNO
AETATIS/SUAE 61. Rest of inscription, recording Frances his wife and Jonah his
son, is weathered. Thomas Lawson (1630-1691) appears in the Dictionary of
National Biography (XXXII, 297); he was said to be the most noted herbalist in
England of his time with several English plants first being described by him and
one, Hieracium Lawsonii, named after him. Graded for historical interest.

Listing NGR: NY5850021500

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543635

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)