Memorial To Thomas Lawson And Shelter Against East Wall Of Friends Burial Ground (At Ngr Ny 585 215) is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. A Post-Medieval Memorial and shelter.
Memorial To Thomas Lawson And Shelter Against East Wall Of Friends Burial Ground (At Ngr Ny 585 215)
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-bailey-nettle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Memorial and shelter
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NEWBY NY 52 SE
1/54 Memorial to Thomas Lawson and shelter against east wall of Friends Burial Ground (at NGR NY 585 215)
GV II*
Top of chest tomb re-set against enclosure wall in lean-to shelter; originally erected by one of Lawson's students. Inscribed stone slab; shelter formed by coursed rubble cheeks to either side supporting stone flag over top. Slab c.4 ft high and c.2 1/2 ft wide with inscription in debased Roman capitals: SUB HOC TUMULO JA-/GET CORPUS THOMAE/LAWSON DE MAGNA STORE-/LANDIA LUDIMAGISTER/ET BOTANICUS NON IMPE-/RITUS QUI OBIIT 12 DIE N0-/VEMBER.: ANNO DOMINI/1691. ANNO AETATIS/SUAE 61. Rest of inscription, recording Frances his wife and Jonah his son, is weathered. Thomas Lawson (1630-1691) appears in the Dictionary of National Biography (XXXII, 297); he was said to be the most noted herbalist in England of his time with several English plants first being described by him and one, Hieracium Lawsonii, named after him. Graded for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NY5850021500
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