Pair Of Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres North Of Chancel Of Church Of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. Tombs.
Pair Of Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres North Of Chancel Of Church Of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- slow-keystone-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1988
- Type
- Tombs
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
KINGS CLIFFE HALL YARD TL0097 (West side) 12/114 Pair of chest tombs approx. 10m N of chancel of Church of All Saints GV II Pair of chest tombs. Late C18. Limestone ashlar. Chest tomb to north is square with panelled sides and sloping top. Upstand at back of slope has inscriptions to William Law died 1761, Hester Gibbon, d.1790 and Sarah Law, d.1781. Front panel also has long inscription. Chest tomb to south has plain sides and sloping top. Inscription on south side to Elizabeth Hutcheson who died 1781. Those commemorated all lived for a time at Hall Farmhouse (q.v.). William Law and Elizabeth Hutcheson were responsible for charitable foundations in Kings Cliffe; in 1725, William Law, the C18 divine, published "A Serious call to a Devout and Holy Life". The tomb commemorating William Law is said to represent a writing desk.
Listing NGR: TL0071497086
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