Tooker Headstone About 9 Metres South East Of The Porch Of The Church Of St Constantine is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Headstone.

Tooker Headstone About 9 Metres South East Of The Porch Of The Church Of St Constantine

WRENN ID
vacant-gutter-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1985
Type
Headstone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SX 47 NW MILTON ABBOT MILTON ABBOT

10/242 Tooker headstone about 9m south - east of the porch of the Church of St Constantine

GV II

Headstone. Probably late C18. Freestone. Triangular-headed stone commemorating William Tooker of Longbrooke, died 1645, the style and the verse are, however, late C18. The headstone has a border of flat acanthus leaves and incized scrollwork above the inscription. A verse below praises William Tooker's generosity to the poor "his heart his hand his dore his purse/to them were open still/his love to them did never dye/appeareth by his will/". The headstone may be conceived as a charity board possibly referring to a particular endowment. An unusual example of a retrospective headstone.

Listing NGR: SX4071579270

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