Thomas Ford Chest Tomb In St Michael'S Churchyard, About 40 Metres South Of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Tomb.
Thomas Ford Chest Tomb In St Michael'S Churchyard, About 40 Metres South Of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- eternal-hearth-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ILSINGTON ILSINGTON SX 77 NE 3/112 Thomas Ford Chest Tomb in St - Michael's Churchyard, about 40 cms south of chancel
GV II
Chest tomb. Probably late C17. Granite. Chest made of 4 pieces of granite, set on a chamfered plinth; flat capstone with moulded edges and carved inscription on top. The south side has 3 short fluted pilasters without capitals, 1 in the middle and 1 at each end. Capstone has an inscription, set in a border defined by incised lines, commemorating Thomas Ford of Sigford, who died 19 November ----. The year never seems to have been carved. In the centre of the stone is what appears to be a Latin inscription. This was probably the Thomas Ford buried at Ilsington on 21 November 1663 (parish register).
Listing NGR: SX7854276133
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