Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Grave of Ann Williams in the Graveyard to S of All Saints Church
Gresford, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gresford, Wrexham, designated on 3 June 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 3 June 1996
- Locality
- Gresford
- Community
- Gresford
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.08777, -2.97696
- Cadw reference
- 17668
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated S the church approximately midway between the church and the graveyard wall.
Exterior
Chest tomb with crested top and cusped panels on each side bearing partly legible inscriptions including the name Ann Williams of Chester and the date 1846. This is in an enclosure c1.9 x 2m formed by a low plinth surmounted by cast-iron railings with finials of Gothic Revival style, those at the corners in the form of crocketed pinnacles.
Reason for designation
Listed as a grave enclosed by ornamental cast-iron railings and for group value with All Saints Church.
Nearby in the register
- No 2 of 3 Graves in the Graveyard to SE of All Saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- No 1 of 3 Grave in the Graveyard to SE of All Saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- No 3 of 3 Graves in the Graveyard to SE of All Saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of All SaintsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.