Tombstone 40 Yards West Of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. Tombstone.

Tombstone 40 Yards West Of Tower

WRENN ID: vacant-courtyard-magpie
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 31 January 1984
Type: Tombstone
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TL 5866 BURWELL HIGH STREET (West Side)

15/22 Tombstone 40 yards west of tower

Tombstone, limestone with large winged heart with flames and skull and cross bones. Modern inscription on back. '8 September 1727', to commemorate the death of seventy-eight people in a barn fire who were attending a puppet-show. Situated c.40 yards to west of tower.

Gathercole, A.F. Burwell and Its Church, p.15, 1972 RCHM, North-East Cambs, p.25, 1972 Gibbons, T. An Account of A Most Terrible Fire. Reprinted C.C.

Listing NGR: TL5890366062

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