Monument record MCC444 - St Leonard's Churchyard, London Road, Colchester

Summary

Medieval? churchyard

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 97148 25152 (1m by 0m)
Map sheet TL92NE
1848 Parish LEXDEN
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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St Leonard's churchyard. The current churchyard has been extended southward, the 1838 tithe map shows a much smaller area enclosed on the north side of the church.<1> Rodwell notes "The graveyard is generally intact but lacks monuments of note".<2>

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  • <1> Cartographic materials: Unknown. 1838. Map of Lexden Parish 1838. Photocopy. D/CT 220B.
  • <2> Monograph: Rodwell, Warwick J with Rodwell, KA. 1977. Historic Churches: a wasting asset. p.112.

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Record last edited

Oct 19 2016 9:47AM

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