Meyrick Memorial Approximately 6 Metres North-West Of North Wall Of Church Of St Giles And Railed Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Memorial.
Meyrick Memorial Approximately 6 Metres North-West Of North Wall Of Church Of St Giles And Railed Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- rooted-vestry-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 51 NE GOODRICH CP GOODRICH
6/38 Meyrick memorial approximately 6 m north-west of north wall of Church of St Giles and railed enclosure. GV II
Tomb slab in railed enclosure. c1837, restored c1941. Ashlar, wrought iron railings. Plain slab with inscription, spear head railings with lotus-heads to standards. Commemorates Llywelyn Meyrick LLE, FSA, only son of Samuel Meyrick of Goodrich Court KH, and also Samuel Rush Meyrick. The Meyricks were pioneer collectors of arms and armour. Samuel Rush Meyrick was the author of A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour (c1824) and was knighted by George IV for re-arranging the Armouries at the Tower of London and at Windsor. The Meyrick Society became a prestigious academic body and is well known as a small circle of "amateur d'armes". The monument was repaired in 1940 by members of the Meyrick Society of London to commemorate their 50th anniversary.
Listing NGR: SO5720619060
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