Monument record 4957/1/2 - St Luke's Churchyard

{1} Find of the gravestone of Nicholas de Flore (AD 1334) Abbot of St James' Abbey. Now located at Duston Church.

{2} Part of ?Niedermendig lava quernstone? (who identified?) used as part of capping for wall. Diameter approx 16 and a half inches.

{3} The churchyard has been extended on at least three occasions: to the west in 12/4/1872, to the north-west in 21/5/1903 (under Earl Cowper) and to the south (the annexe) in 26/1/1925. The dates quoted are probably consecration dates. Lychgate built 1906, part of a cottage wall is to be found under the north side (west end, inside).

BLACKBURN D, 1996, St Luke's Churchyard, Duston (SMR Report Form). SNN49170.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.265 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Blackburn D., 1996, SMR Report Form, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49168.

<3> Blackburn D., 1997, Report of Findings of St Luke's Archaeological Group to 1997 (Notes). SNN46492.

<4> CHAPMAN A., 1998-9, Duston, St Luke's Church Environs, (unchecked) (Note). SNN104067.

<5> Chapman, A., 2012, Obituary: David Blackburn - Local Historian, (unchecked) (Article). SNN108370.

<6> Blackburn D., 1996, St Luke's Churchyard (SMR Report Form). SNN49169.

Record last edited

May 19 2021 11:24AM