Description

STAINDROP FRONT STREET
NZ 1320
(North side)
18/131 Group of 4
headstones
approximately 5
metres west of
Church of St. Mary

GV II

4 headstones. Circa 1702 for Ralph ? Lawson, 1748 for William Awde, 1768 for
Ralph Sidgwick and 1778 for William Wheatley. Sandstone ashlar. Sidgwick and
Wheatley facing east, the others facing west and backing onto them.

1. Sidgwick at south-east of group: slab c.O.9 metre high, moulded with
pediment and deeply-cut inscription.

2. Wheatley at north-east: slab c.1 metre high with bracketed scrolled top,
the scrolls linked by swags on tooled background, and well-cut inscription.
Verse on rear.

3. Awde at south-west: shaped-top slab c.0.7 metre high with moulded surround.

4. ? Lawson. Scroll-topped slab c.0.5 metre high with ogee-patterned edge
moulding; low-relief face between top spirals, with 17 and 02 either side.
Large-lettered inscription, partly obscured by vegetation, continues up
sides and on rear.

All 4 include other members of the families.

Listing NGR: NZ1308020626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622922

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback