Monument record 1160/13/3 - All Saints Churchyard

{1} Features; 1975; George Row; GPO trenches; at least 10 inhumations; 3 in stone cists between 0.75m and 1.75m deep;

{2} At least 10 inhumations found at depths between 0.75-1.75m; 1 burial in well-made stone cist with mortared stones; 2 other burials in poorly-made cists;

{3} Small churchyard formed over part of destoyed nave of medieval church & rest of space thrown into roadway; internments in churchyard west of portico were prohibited in 1857; in 1871 portion of yard was cut off with view to widening lower end of The Drapery; churchyard was originally enclosed by low fence walls on north & south & iron grille on west; later bounded by low wall & chains which remained until 1926 when whole space added to roadway & existing steps to portico built.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.387 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Moore W.R.G.; Giggins B.L., 1977, Fieldwork in Northampton, 1975, p.201 (checked) (Article). SNN2942.

<3> Page W. (ed), 1930, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.48-51 (checked) (Series). SNN100370.

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