Listed Building: YORK CEMETERY PLOT NUMBER 1977 TERRY MONUMENT (1259308)

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Grade II
NHLE 1259308
Date assigned 14 March 1997
Date last amended

Description

YORK SE65SW CEMETERY ROAD 1112-1/2/156 (East side (off)) York Cemetery: Plot No.1977: Terry Monument GV II Gravestone. c1850. By Fisher of York for members of the Terry family. First burial was Joseph Terry, d.1850. Slate tablet raised on moulded stone base. Tablet has pedimental head between acroteria and with open book carved in stone in high relief in the tympanum. Tablet is inscribed with extensive details of three generations of the Terry family, from Joseph Terry, his wife Harriett, their children and some grandchildren. Joseph Terry, Confectioner, was the founding father of the confectionary firm, Terry's of York. The stone provides an unusual and informative record of the Terry family history in the C19. Listing NGR: SE6114550904

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Grid reference SE 6114 5090 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SE65SW

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Nov 30 2021 9:27PM

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