Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NW PRIORY CHURCHYARD
1685-1/6/228 Monument approximately 19 metres
west of tower of Priory Church of St
Mary

GV II

Tomb chest and effigy. Mid C19. Marble on a sandstone plinth,
with cast-iron railings. Rectangular tomb chest with clasping
pilasters, with the effigy of a young woman in a flowing gown,
half-reclining and resting her head on her right hand.
Originally surrounded by cast-iron railings, of which only 2
sides remain in damaged condition, with colonnette standards
at the corners and railings decorated with cusped Gothic
arches. The inscription is now illegible, but the memorial is
said to be to Ann Rothwell, wife of William Talbot Rothwell of
Foxholes, Bay Horse.
(Docton KH: The Tombstones and Memorials... of the St Mary's
Priory Church: Lancaster: 1972-: 41).

Listing NGR: SD4732061950

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q61781361

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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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]