Listed Building: COMPORT AND BAKER TOMBS 5 YARDS TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES (1085769)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1797, 2, 7 |
Date assigned | 14 November 1986 |
Date last amended |
Description
COOLING CP TO 77 NE 2/7 Comport and Baker tombs 5 yards to south of Church of St. James.
GV II
Row of ten childrens' body blocks, with four footstones, and one headstone and three larger body blocks. Early C19. Stone. Insribed to children of the Comport and Baker families. Known locally as 'Pip's Graves' as they are generally taken to have been the prototypes for the graves on the first page of Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations'.
Listing NGR: TQ7636776264
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7563 7593 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ77NE |
Civil Parish | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:35PM