Rawlinson Memorial Approximately 13 Metres North Of Tower Of Church Of St Mary

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SD4761NW PRIORY CHURCHYARD 1685-1/6/229 Rawlinson Memorial, approximately 13 metres north of tower of Church of St Mary

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Monument. Late C18. Limestone ashlar with some marble details, on sandstone base within cast-iron railings. Square on plan, with 4 slightly tapering panels above the plinth, each of which contains an oval marble plaque bearing inscriptions which are now virtually indecipherable but which were recorded by Roper. They included, on the south side, the names of Henry Rawlinson (d.1786), MM and FE Hesketh (d.1793), Edward Fleetwood Hesketh (d.1795), and Maria Hesketh (d.1801). On the east side: Abraham Rawlinson (d.1829). On the north side: William Lindow (d.1786) and Abigail Lindow (d.1791). On the west side: Ellen Ainslie (d.1791). Above each face is a triangular pediment, and the whole is capped with a marble urn (now without its lid) standing on a scotia-moulded pedestal. The monument stands on a square pavement of sandstone flags laid within a sandstone border on which stand sharp-pointed cast-iron railings with turned standards with urn finials. (Chetham Society Transactions: Roper WO: Materials for the History of the Church of Lancaster: Manchester: 1906-: 734).

Listing NGR: SD4733061960