Church Of St Catherine, Tomb Of The English Poor Clares Approximately 12 Metres North West Of North West Tower Angle is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Tombstone.
Church Of St Catherine, Tomb Of The English Poor Clares Approximately 12 Metres North West Of North West Tower Angle
- WRENN ID
- tall-landing-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Tombstone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 72 NE GOSFIELD CHURCH ROAD 7/153 Church of St. Catherine Tomb of The English Poor Clares approx. 12 metres north west of north west tower angle.
GV II
Tombstone. Early C19. A tall square monument approximately 5 ft. high. The panelled stem has moulded base and top slabs and is surrounded by a pyramid capped rectangular stone. Oval inscribed plaques to west and north faces of the top stone read: Here lie the bodies of the Ladies of the Religious Community established at Gravelines in Flanders under the name of the English Poor Clares in the year 1600 driven from thence by the persecution of the French Revolution in the year 1795 and settled in this village July 27 of the same year. Frances Todd 1797, Ann Worsick 1797, Emelia Keith 1799, Mary Bulstrode 1799, Mary Faulkner 1800. Inscriptions to east and south plaques not legible at time of re-survey.
Listing NGR: TL7774629386
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