Listed Building record TQ 74 SE 168 - MARTYRS' MEMORIAL
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 7855 4373 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ74SE |
| District | MAIDSTONE, KENT |
| Civil Parish | STAPLEHURST, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STAPLEHURST STATION ROAD TQ 7843 (West side)
5/169 Martyrs' Memorial
GV II
Memorial. 1904. Ashlared stone. Plinth, with chamfered base and moulded cornice, set on chamfered rendered base, and surmounted by obelisk with raised ashlar verges to tooled panels. Bronze plaque inscribed "This Monument is Dedicated to the Memory of Alice Potkins, Joan Bradbridge and Alice Benden of Staplehurst, also of Edmund Allen and Katherine his wife, of Frittenden, who for the faith suffered death 1556 ยท 1557 during the Marian persecution". Erected by the Protestants of Staplehurst and District. Surrounded by iron railings with curved spikes.
Listing NGR: TQ7855843736
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM