Monument record 0576903000 - WILLIAM LIBERTY'S TOMBSTONE

Summary

Eighteenth century tomb of William Liberty in Flaunden

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  • TOMB (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

TOMB OF WILLIAM LIBERTY. INSCRIPTION: 'TO THE MEMORY OF OUR WILLIAM LIBERTY WHO DIED IN 1777'. HE LEFT INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO BE BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD AS HE ANTICIPATED THAT AT THE RESURRECTION THERE WOULD BE SUCH A SCRAMBLE FOR BONES THAT HE MIGHT HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING HIS OWN (B5). AT NGR (B8, B23). ARTICLES ON THE TOMB (B14,B16).

Sources (7)

  • <5>SBC6390 Article in serial: W O Wittering. 1966/7. 'Strange Burials', in Hertfordshire Countryside. Vol 21.
  • <7>SBC11418 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS TQ 09 NW 2-3,5 (COPIES FILED).
  • <8>SBC10200 Map: OS 1878-83 1:10560 MAP (& SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS).
  • <9>SBC4265 Scheduling record: DoE. 1983. SCHEDULING INFORMATION.
  • <14>SBC22096 Article in serial: E W Arnold. 1946/7. 'Churches of the Past', in Hertfordshire Countryside. Vol 1, No 3.
  • <16>SBC22098 Article in serial: George Bastin. 1976. 'The Hertfordshire Village that Stole Away', in Hertfordshire Countryside. Vol.51, No.205.
  • <23>SBC22105 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1898. 1898 second edition 25inch OS map. 1:25,000.

Location

Grid reference TQ 00980 98780 (point)
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2018 4:14PM

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