Six Hamlett Monuments Adjacent To Gyde Monument In Churchyard To Church Of St Mary

PAINSWICK NEW STREET SO 8609 (part) (south-east side) 9/190 Six Hamlett monuments adjacent to the Gyde monu- ment in churchyard of the Church of St Mary GV II Six headstones in a close-set row. C18. Limestone. A series of small memo- rials, with carved enrichment to the margins and with cherubs' heads in various degrees of relief. Generally illegible, but earlier survey showed four of them to be to members of the Hamlett family. In the late C18 and early C19, Hamlett signed many of the metal plates inset to ledger slabs in the churchyard. These boldly modelled stones have survived well, except for inscriptions, and are in the limestone from shelly beds, often used as bases and tables to the chest tombs.

Listing NGR: SO8660009646