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Chest Tomb of John Parkhurst in Churchyard of Old Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Catesby, West Northamptonshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2306 / 52°13'50"N

Longitude: -1.2306 / 1°13'50"W

OS Eastings: 452644

OS Northings: 259433

OS Grid: SP526594

Mapcode National: GBR 8SC.1PK

Mapcode Global: VHCVJ.M68C

Plus Code: 9C4W6QJ9+6Q

Entry Name: Chest Tomb of John Parkhurst in Churchyard of Old Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 24 February 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1372031

English Heritage Legacy ID: 360536

ID on this website: 101372031

Location: Upper Catesby, West Northamptonshire, NN11

County: West Northamptonshire

Civil Parish: Catesby

Traditional County: Northamptonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire

Church of England Parish: Catesby St Mary and St Edmund

Church of England Diocese: Peterborough

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Description


CATESBY UPPER CATESBY
SP55NW
4/46 Chest tomb of John Parkhurst
in churchyard of old Church
of St. Mary
- II
Chest tomb. Late C18. Limestone. Stepped plinth. Bombe chest with inscriptions
supporting triangular obelisk with concave sides on circuar base with foliage
panels in low reliefs. Obelisk topped by flame finial, formerly on top of gilded
ball. Commemorates John Parkhurst, lexicographer, who died 1765.
(Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1973, p.145).


Listing NGR: SP5264459433

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