Tomb Of Charles Booth, Approx.12M. North Of Nave Of The Church Of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Tomb Of Charles Booth, Approx.12M. North Of Nave Of The Church Of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- sombre-merlon-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
52/0/10011 MAIN STREET 12-SEP-02 Thringstone Tomb of Charles Booth, approx.12m. nor th of nave of the Church of St Andrew
GV II
Monument. Ashlar. Dated 1916. Low rectangular slab tomb with slightly curving top is set on stepped base. Inlaid inscriptions to Charles Booth, 1840-1916, and his wife, Mary Catherine, 1847-1939. Charles Booth was the notable researcher and writer, whose important statistical analysis of the state of the London poor provided the basis for the Welfare State. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1904. His wife was a granddaughter of Zachary Macaulay, who worked for the abolition of the slave trade, and a niece of Lord Macaulay, the historian. This monument forms a group with the nearby Church of St. Andrew (qv).
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