2025
SP3509 : St Mary, Witney: bale tomb (i)
taken 1 year ago, near to Witney, Oxfordshire, England
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St Mary, Witney: bale tomb (i)
Reversed diagonal bale in two sections with shell-niche ends, that to west with skull. Deep moulded ledger. Chest: panelled sides, north with cherubs' head. Inscription to Andrew White (d. 1704)
Listing NGR: SP3563509218
Listing NGR: SP3563509218
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.
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- Grid Square
- SP3509, 579 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Basher Eyre (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 29 March, 2025 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 30 March, 2025
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SP 35635 09218 [1m precision]
WGS84: 51:46.8299N 1:29.0916W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SP 35635 09218
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
