Thornes Memorial Approximately One Metre To South Of Chancel Of Church Of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Chest tomb.
Thornes Memorial Approximately One Metre To South Of Chancel Of Church Of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- standing-landing-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 3514 ALBERBURY WITH ALBERBURY CARDESTON C.P. 12/15 Thornes memorial approx. - one metre to south of chancel of Church of St Michael
GV II
Chest tomb. Dated 1828. Dressed yellow/grey sandstone. Sarcophagus type. Base, moulded plinth, cavetto-moulded cornice, battered sides, chamfered top with panelled ends, and antefixae. Recessed panels. Inscribed: "In Memory of/the Revd. WILLIAM THORNES/the much respected Vicar/ of this Parish/for upwards of fifty years/he died Sept. 5th 1828/aged 77". Probably post-dated inscriptions to his wife Elizabeth, d. 1796, his daughter Elizabeth, d. 1827,and his son the Revd. John Thornes, d. 1813, to the north, west and east respectively.
Listing NGR: SJ3586914436
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