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HER Number:MDV8601
Name:St Peter & St Paul Parish Church, Memorial Stone

Summary

Memorial stone on the wall of the south aisle at St Peter & St Paul parish church in Broadhempston

Location

Grid Reference:SX 801 662
Map Sheet:SX86NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBroadhempston
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishBROADHEMPSTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86NW/7/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • COMMEMORATIVE STONE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Evans, H. R., 1958, Broadhempston, 87 (Article in Serial). SDV296893.

Edward Ellis had a small slate tablet let into the wall of the south aisle inscribed 'To the memory of Edward Eles of Beston, Gent' with a space for the date which was never filled in. Also a rhymed epitaph which ends with the couplet:- 'Nature's bond is cancelled; his fate contented / Before he died (with leave) the heavens lamented'.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV296893Article in Serial: Evans, H. R.. 1958. Broadhempston. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 90. A5 Hardback. 87.

Associated Monuments

MDV8597Part of: Broadhempston, St Peter & St Paul Parish Church (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 3 2006 1:46PM