Tomb Of John Tradescant And His Family In St Mary'S Churchyard

LAMBETH ROAD SE1 1. (north side) 5023 Tomb of John Tradescant and his family in St Mary's Churchyard TQ 3079 4/1089

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1. 1662 hard sandstone sarcophagus with high relief carvings on all four sides depicting classical and Egyptian ruins, trees on the four corners and other flora and fauna including a mythical hydra on one end. The lid slab of 1853 records the date of the original tomb, its repair in 1773 and final restoration in 1853 with a poem in honour of John Tradescant and his son who sought out and collected "what is rare in land and sea in air". The Tradescants were gardeners to Charles I; Lambeth residents, they travelled widely and returned with many botanical discoveries; they established a physic garden in South Lambeth and their collections subsequently went to the Ashmolean Museum.

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