Monument MPM641 - HASELL SPARKES MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES NORTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL

Chest tomb. c1824. Ashlar. Recessed fluted pilaster at each corner with sloping shaft, moulded cap and base set on plinth, lid with quadruple bead moulded edge, weathered top slab. On long north face is a raised oval panel with inscription which reads "Sacred to the memory of Mrs Mary Hasell, died 2nd May 1824 aged 81 years". Remainder of inscription illegible. On other side inscription commemorates the Sparkes family, William Sparkes and Elizabeth Rachel Sparkes aged 70, inscription otherwise illegible. The monument formerly had an iron railed enclosure. Random broken stones to plinth and some ivy and vegetation growth.

Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.