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Graveyard

St. John'S, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, St. John'S, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
St. John'S
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Carrig Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Carrig Grave Yard
Coordinates
52.48332, -6.57198
SMR number
WX026-005002-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the crest of a steep E-facing slope of the Slaney valley with the N-S river c. 240m to the E. What is probably the site of the parish church of St John's (WX026-005001-) is within a rectangular and neglected graveyard (dims c. 90m N-S; 15-30m E-W) defined by masonry walls and known as Carrig or Corrig graveyard. William Grattan-Flood (1896) recorded twelve of the oldest headstones dating from 1739 to 1795.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 12 July, 2012

References

Grattan-Flood, W. H. 1896. Enniscorthy parish: Inscribed tombs in the Corrig Churchyard, Enniscorthy. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland, vol. 3, 2, 350-1.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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