Grave Of Ebenezer Elliot, Situated Approximately 40 Metres To South East Of South Porch Of Church Of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1985. Gravestone.
Grave Of Ebenezer Elliot, Situated Approximately 40 Metres To South East Of South Porch Of Church Of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- unlit-paling-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1985
- Type
- Gravestone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE40SW DARFIELD CHURCH STREET, (east end)
6/16 Grave of Ebenezer Elliot, situated approximately 40 metres to south- east of south porch of Church of All Saints.
GV II
Raised gravestone. c1849. Sandstone, iron-railed enclosure. Ashlar plinth to large slab with angled top face. Enclosure has spear-headed railings and rounded corner finials. Slab inscribed in bold letters:
'EBENEZER ELLIOT / DIED DECEMBER 1 1849 / AGED 68 YEARS FANNY GARTSIDE / HIS WIFE / DIED DECEMBER 4 1856 / AGED 75 YEARS'.
Ebenezer Elliot was born in Masborough, Rotherham in 1781 and is remembered as the 'Corn Law Rhymer' as a result of his literary works including The Corn Law Rhymes, 1831,which formed part of his political campaign to repeal the corn laws. This and other works vividly reflect the life of the poor at the time.
Listing NGR: SE4190104275
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