Group Of Monuments In The Church Yard Of The Church Of All Saints East Of The Path To Church Cottage As Far As The Thomas Radway Monument

NORTH CERNEY NORTH CERNEY VILLAGE SP01 075 - 02 075 16/211 Group of monuments in the church- yard of the Church of All Saints east of the path to Church Cottage as far as the Thomas Radway monument

GV II

Group of 15 headstones. Late C17 - late C18. Limestone. From west to east:- a) Row of four headstones (facing west) set along the east side of the path to Church Cottage. Two late C18 headstones with partially legible inscriptions with cartouche-like surrounds flanking two matching smaller possibly mid C17 headstones with shouldered segmental tops and partially legible inscriptions within raised circular borders with bellflower decoration; foliate spandrel outside the raised margin; winged hourglass motifs at the top. b) Row of four headstones (3 facing east) c2m to the east of the preceding monument. Three of these are of the same design as the two mid C17 headstones described above, one is dated and initialled 'H.C. 1734' another 1761. Simple small headstone at the southern end of the row with canted head and sunken inscription plaque initialled 'M.H. 1728'. c) Single headstone, c2.5m to the east of the preceding row of monuments, dated 1774 matches the three mid C18 headstones in the former row with raised oval margin to the inscription panel and hourglass motif at the top. d) Two mid-late C18 headstones (one behind the other) c2.5m south of the preceding row of monuments: one with cartouche-like surround to the inscription; one with double inscription panel and double scroll at the top. e) Row of 4 headstones north of the Thomas Radway chest tomb. From north to south: C18 headstone, set slightly forwards away from the others with partially legible inscription with cartouche-like surround and single cherub's head at the top. Similar headstone to the right. Mid C17 headstone with shouldered segmental head and an almost illegible inscription panel with raised margin and foliate decoration. 3-petal flowers in the lower spandrels; foliate scrollwork in the upper spandrels; hourglass motif at the top flanked by foliate decoration. Almost recumbent headstone to the right, of similar design but with a rectangular inscription panel flanked by swags and with a winged hourglass at the top. (Rev.d A.J.C. Turner, Record of Monuments dating from before 1850 in the Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, North Cerney, 1971).

Listing NGR: SP0185907776