2025
SP2504 : SS Peter &t Paul, Broadwell: bale tomb (Turner family)
taken 11 months ago, near to Broadwell, Oxfordshire, England
SS Peter &t Paul, Broadwell: bale tomb (Turner family)
Banded bale carved in 2 sections with reversed-diagonal cording, shell niche ends. Deep moulded ledger with recessed sections on sides. Inscriptions: Elizabeth Turner, wife of Martin Turner (d 2 May 1724, aged 80, son Martin (d May 1729 aged 64), Mary wife of Martin Turner 1747.
- the family were maltsters Listing NGR SP2523004163 GV II.
- the family were maltsters Listing NGR SP2523004163 GV II.
Bale tombs
A special feature of the East Cotswolds, a bale tomb is a chest tomb with a semicircular capping stone, originally said to represent a wool bale but more likely to represent a funeral pall cloth which covered the bier. Their dates range from the early 1660s to the 1770s. Most were constructed by three families of master masons using stone quarried from Burford and the surrounding villages. There are 106 examples in 45locations
Badham, S. (2023) ‘Bale tombs in eastern Cotswolds churchyards’, Journal of the Church Monuments Society, 37(1), pp. 66–115.
![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/somerights20.gif){kind=small}
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
- Grid Square
- SP2504, 145 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Basher Eyre (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 1 March, 2025 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 2 March, 2025
- Subject Location
-
OSGB36:
SP 2521 0416 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:44.1352N 1:38.1801W - Camera Location
-
OSGB36: SP 2521 0415
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
