Group Of 6 Chest Tombs And 4 Monuments Approximately 20 Metres East Of Church Of Holy Trinity

This listing describes a group of six chest tombs and four monuments located approximately 20 meters east of the Church of Holy Trinity in Baswich, Stafford. The tombs and monuments are made of limestone and slate and are arranged in four rows.

The first row, closest to the church, features two monuments flanking a chest tomb. One monument is dedicated to Matthew Price, who died in 1835. It is a square monument on a moulded plinth with a wide cornice and a large urn, though part of the urn is missing. The chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, has illegible inscriptions, square angle balusters, and two panels on each long side, with a bowed west end that has a fielded panel and a cornice. Another monument commemorates members of the Seckerson family, who died between 1818 and 1877. It has a stepped plinth on a wide platform with remaining spear-headed railings to the north, a top entablature with a missing finial, and slate panels with concave corners, including an extra square panel on the west side.

The second row consists of four chest tombs. The first is an early 19th-century chest tomb with square angle balusters and fielded panels topped with a pyramidal cap, though the inscription is worn. Another chest tomb is dedicated to John Lycett and Catharine Box, who died in 1810, featuring fluted angle balusters and fielded panels with concave angles. A low chest tomb for Mary Greenwood, who died in 1805, has a slab with moulded edges. The last chest tomb in this row is for members of the Jackson family, who died between 1787 and 1817 and later, featuring fluted angle balusters and oval and round panels, with four lines of verse on the west end.

The third row includes two monuments: one for Rev. Thomas Greenwood, who died in 1829, which has a plain plinth within railings adorned with decorative heads, fielded panels, and a top entablature with a broken-off urn, parts of which remain. The other monument is for William Payne, who died in 1839, featuring a plain plinth with recessed angles and an entablature that has remains of an urn, along with fielded panels.

The fourth row contains a chest tomb for R. Hazeldine, who died in 1861, which is noted as not having special architectural interest.