Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb of Elihu Yale, west of Church of St Giles
Offa, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Offa, Wrexham, designated on 16 June 1980.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 16 June 1980
- Community
- Offa
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04413, -2.99304
- Cadw reference
- 1770
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
West of the tower of Saint Giles' church.
History
Chest tomb. A memorial to Elihu Yale (d. 1721), the founder of Yale University). The tomb is said to have been 'restored' in 1820, but was possibly entirely renewed at that date, while a further restoration of 1874 is recorded by Palmer.
Exterior
Plain tomb chest with angle pilasters and shallow raking slab, on raised base. Inscription records 'Elihu Yale esq. was buried the twenty second of July the year of our lord MDCCXXI'. A rhyme records details of his life ('Born in America, in Europe bred, in Africa travelled and Asia wed, where long he lived and thriv'd; in London dead ...'. Yale lived at Plas Grono in the parish of Wrexham for some years towards the end of his life.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Sundial to West of Church of St GilesGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- 2 Chest Tombs to west of Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 2 Chest Tombs adjacent to W Boundary of ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.