Building record 2853/1/8 - Pair of chest tombs approx. 10m N of chancel of Church of All Saints

Pair of chest tombs. Late C18. Limestone ashlar. Chest tomb to north is square with panelled sides and sloping top. Upstand at back of slope has inscriptions to William Law died 1761, Hester Gibbon, d.1790 and Sarah Law, d.1781. Front panel also has long inscription. Chest tomb to south has plain sides and sloping top. Inscription on south side to Elizabeth Hutcheson who died 1781. Those commemorated all lived for a time at Hall Farmhouse (q.v.). William Law and Elizabeth Hutcheson were responsible for charitable foundations in Kings Cliffe; in 1725, William Law, the C18 divine, published "A Serious call to a Devout and Holy Life". The tomb commemorating William Law is said to represent a writing desk.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/114 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> 1975-85, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN100542.

<4> Photographs of buildings in King's Cliffe (Photographs). SNN112705.

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