Monument To U Larsing South East Of Thackeray Cenotaph In Overleigh Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1998. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Monument To U Larsing South East Of Thackeray Cenotaph In Overleigh Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- western-hinge-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ4065 1932-1/8/214
CHESTER CITY (EM) OVERLEIGH ROAD (North side (off))
Monument to U Larsing SE of Thackeray Cenotaph in Overleigh Cemetery
II
GV
Plinth over tomb of U Larsing Bengal missionary. 1863. Stone. The plinth is inscribed "TO U LARSING ONE OF THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE WELSH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ON THE KHASSIA HILLS, BENGAL WHERE HE LABOURED SEVERAL YEARS AS AN EVANGELIST. IN 1861 HE VISITED THIS COUNTRY AND ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THOUSANDS IN ENGLAND AND WALES : WHEN ABOUT TO RETURN TO HIS NATIVE LAND
HIS SAVIOUR CALLED HIM TO HIMSELF AND HE ENTERED TO THE JOY OF HIS LORD AT CAERGWRLE AUGUST 24 1863". On the opposite side of the plinth the inscription is in Welsh. U may be an initial, but is also a Burmese title.
Listing NGR: SJ 40317 65336
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