2000

TQ0566 : Monument to Blanche Heriot at Chertsey

taken 23 years ago, near to Chertsey, Surrey, England

Monument to Blanche Heriot at Chertsey
Monument to Blanche Heriot at Chertsey
This monument is outside Melita House just west of Chertsey Bridge. It remembers Blanche Heriot who, at the time of the Wars of the Roses, knowing her lover was to be executed at curfew, climbed the church tower and hung on to the clapper of the bell until he was reprieved, but she died through her actions.
Her courage inspired the ballad ‘Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight’ by the American poet Rose Hardwick Thorpe. For extra reading see LinkExternal link

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TQ0566, 201 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Sean Davis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 7 August, 2000   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 3 May, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 05318 66618 [1m precision]
WGS84: 51:23.3305N 0:29.2681W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 05319 66624
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