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Monument to Martha Gunn in Churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra

A Grade II Listed Building in Brighton and Hove, The City of Brighton and Hove

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8252 / 50°49'30"N

Longitude: -0.1445 / 0°8'40"W

OS Eastings: 530780

OS Northings: 104494

OS Grid: TQ307044

Mapcode National: GBR JP4.09T

Mapcode Global: FRA B6LX.FHJ

Plus Code: 9C2XRVG4+35

Entry Name: Monument to Martha Gunn in Churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra

Listing Date: 26 August 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1380389

English Heritage Legacy ID: 480502

ID on this website: 101380389

Location: St Nicholas' Church, Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN1

County: The City of Brighton and Hove

Electoral Ward/Division: St. Peter's and North Laine

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex

Church of England Parish: BrightonSt Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

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Description



BRIGHTON

TQ3004SE DYKE ROAD
577-1/39/1168 (East side)
Monument to Martha Gunn in
churchyard of the Church of St
Nicholas of Myra

GV II

Includes: Monument to Martha Gunn in churchyard of Church of
St Nicholas of Myra CHURCH STREET.
Headstone to Martha Gunn. c1815. Stone. 3m from the south-east
corner of the church. Coffin shaped bodystone and footstone.
Martha Gunn was the most famous of the Brighton 'dippers',
women who were employed to plunge women bathers into the sea
in the second half of the C18 and first half of the C19; she
was active from c1750 to 1814.

Listing NGR: TQ3078004494

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