Headstone of Hannah Twynnoy c. 40 M S of E End of Abbey Church Malmesbury, England

Listed Building Data

Headstone of Hannah Twynnoy c. 40 M S of E End of Abbey Church has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1269323
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
1 July 1976
Name
HEADSTONE OF HANNAH TWYNNOY APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES SOUTH OF EAST END OF ABBEY CHURCH
Location
HEADSTONE OF HANNAH TWYNNOY APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES SOUTH OF EAST END OF ABBEY CHURCH, MARKET CROSS
Parish
Malmesbury
District
Wiltshire
Grid Reference
ST 93293 87269
Easting
393293.0000
Northing
187269.0000

Description

Headstone. Dated 1703. Inscribed to Hannah Twynnoy, a servant at the White Lion Inn (now No.8 Gloucester Street, qv) who was killed by a tiger from a travelling menagerie lodged in the back premises of the inn: IN BLOOM OF LIFE/ SHE'S SNATCHD FROM HENCE/ SHE HAD NOT ROOM/ TO MAKE DEFENCE/ FOR TYGER FIERCE/ TOOK LIFE AWAY/ AND HERE SHE LIES/ IN A BED OF CLAY/ UNTIL THE RESURRECTION DAY.

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

MALMESBURY

ST9387 MARKET CROSS 758-1/4/246 (North side) 01/07/76 Headstone of Hannah Twynnoy approx 40 metres south of east end of Abbey Church

GV II

Headstone. Dated 1703. Inscribed to Hannah Twynnoy, a servant at the White Lion Inn (now No.8 Gloucester Street, qv) who was killed by a tiger from a travelling menagerie lodged in the back premises of the inn: IN BLOOM OF LIFE/ SHE'S SNATCHD FROM HENCE/ SHE HAD NOT ROOM/ TO MAKE DEFENCE/ FOR TYGER FIERCE/ TOOK LIFE AWAY/ AND HERE SHE LIES/ IN A BED OF CLAY/ UNTIL THE RESURRECTION DAY.

Listing NGR: ST9329387269