Williams Monument In Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2003. Tomb.

Williams Monument In Arnos Vale Cemetery

WRENN ID: fading-hall-smoke
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Bristol, City of
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 January 2003
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

901-1/0/10131 30-JAN-03

BRISTOL BATH ROAD Williams Monument, Arnos Vale Cemetery

GV II

Tomb of Joseph Williams (d.1849). Marble tapering pedestal. Relief of the Pelican in her piety, drawing blood at her chest to feed her brood. HISTORY: as the weathered epitaph makes clear, Williams as a surgeon who died as a result of tending patients during the severe cholera epidemic of 1849. The christian symbol of self-sacrifice was apt for this victim of England's last major outbreak of cholera. Listed for its historical interest.

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