Monument record 46/1/2 - St. Michael's churchyard

{1} Post medieval cast iron gravemarkers. Use of such commenced in C17th when cheaper than stone but they have now often been broken up or removed from graveyards.

{2} A number of burials were revealed, as was a late 19th century burial vault belonging to the Cartwright family. The vault was 0.5m x 1.3m x 1.5m and contained a brick-lined shaft vault of a single brick wide wall with a mortar bond, capped by reused headstones laid face down and mortared in place.
A stone wall foundation was also seen. The burials did not extend beyond the wall which suggests that it was the old north boundary wall for the church prior to its rebuilding in 1724.

{3} Present Boundary shown but may have altered over time

<1> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 1990, Cast Iron Grave Stones, (checked) (Unpublished Report). SNN1590.

<2> Mumford, J., 2004, St. Michael's Church, Aynho, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Watching Brief Report, (checked) (Report). SNN104942.

<3> 1978, Graveyard Survey - St Michael's, Aynho, (unchecked) (Report). SNN100830.

Record last edited

Sep 11 2013 3:07PM