Four Headstones to Shurt Family Set in Stone Surround, in Churchyard c. 15 M S of Porch, C Kilve, England

Listed Building Data

Four Headstones to Shurt Family Set in Stone Surround, in Churchyard c. 15 M S of Porch, C 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1345710
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
16 November 1984
Name
FOUR HEADSTONES TO THE SHURT FAMILY SET IN STONE SURROUND, IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY
Location
FOUR HEADSTONES TO THE SHURT FAMILY SET IN STONE SURROUND, IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY, SEA LANE
Parish
Kilve
District
West Somerset
County
Somerset
Grid Reference
ST 14678 43930
Easting
314678.0000
Northing
143930.0000

Listed Building Description

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ST14SW KILVE CP SEA LANE (West side)

5/118 Four headstones to the Shurt family set in stone surround, in churchyard about 15 metres South of porch, Church of St Mary

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GV II

Group of 4 headstones set into a stone wall surround about one metre high. Late C17 and early C18. Blue lias monolithic slabs set into blue lias random rubble wall. Inscribed with good lettering to member of the Shurt family, centre left Julian, died 1690, centre right Hugh, died 1709, other inscriptions no longer legible. Most of the stone surround obscured by ivy at time of survey (August 1983). The hurts were well-to-do clothiers, the leasees in the early C18 of the Kilve Mills (qv), and others. (VCH Somerset, vol 5 forthcoming).

Listing NGR: ST1467843930