Tanton Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South East Of The Porch Of The Church Of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Headstone.

Tanton Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South East Of The Porch Of The Church Of St Giles

WRENN ID: tattered-remnant-pine
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Torridge
Country: England
Date first listed: 16 February 1989
Type: Headstone
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ST GILES ST GILES IN THE WOOD SS 53 18 IN THE WOOD 18/229 Tanton headstone approximately - 4 metres south-east of the porch of the Church of St Giles

GV II

Small headstone. Dated 1797 in memory of Daniel Tanton. Upright square-headed slab standing approximately 300 millimetres high. The front is inscribed in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records a sad and cautionary tale: "In memory of Daniel Tanton. By firing off a gun it burst the breach of which sunk in his head where it remained 9 weeks, on extraction of which he expired, ye 20th of January 1797, Aged 17 years".

Listing NGR: SS5332218943

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