Monument To Martha Gunn In Churchyard Of St Nicholas Of Myra is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Monument. 2 related planning applications.

Monument To Martha Gunn In Churchyard Of St Nicholas Of Myra

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Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Brighton and Hove
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 August 1999
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

The monument to Martha Gunn is located in the churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra, approximately 3 metres from the south-east corner of the church. Dating to circa 1815, it is constructed of stone and takes the form of a coffin-shaped headstone with a footstone. Martha Gunn was a Brighton “dipper,” a woman employed to plunge bathers into the sea between approximately 1750 and 1814. She was the most well-known of these women.

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