Row Of 29 Headstones Approximately 8 Metrers South Of Tower Of Church Of St Mary

SP4735 ADDERBURY HIGH STREET - (West side) Adderbury East 7/66 Row of 29 headstones approx. 8m S of tower of Church of St. Mary

GV II 29 headstones. Late C17, early C18 and mid C18. Mostly marlstone but some limestone. Nos.2, 4 to 12, 14, 18, 19, 22, 25 and 28 are early C18 with segmental heads and cartouches formed by flowers, drapery and cherubs. Nos.1, 3, 15, 16, 20, 26 and 27 have shallower carving and are mostly later. No.13, in limestone, has a scrolled head and a shield-shaped inscription panel, framed by fruit and flowers, commemorating William Caseles (d.1680). No.17 has a square recessed panel flanked by scrolls commemorating William Wise (d.1699). No.21 has an inscription, framed by drapery and flowers below a winged-cherub head, commemorating Richard Pottienger (d.1688/9). No.23. has a scrolled head and an inscription panel formed on folded drapery, the inscription commemorating Margaret Lawry (d.1692). No.24 has a rectangular panel flanked by scrolls and is probably c.1700; it commemorates Elizabeth Horwood. No.29 has a recessed shield-shaped panel below a scrolled head, and commemorates Jane Baswell (d.1662). The headstones are arranged in a single closely-spaced row against the boundary wall of the Manor House (q.v.). (Country Life, 1949, Vol 105, p89)

Listing NGR: SP4707035364