Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No 2 of 6 Graves in the Graveyard to W 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
- 53.08781, -2.97774
- Cadw reference
- 17701
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 to the W of the church immediately to the S of the path leading to the S churchyard gateway.
Exterior
2.Tomkinson: Chest tomb with pilaster detailing, John Tomkinson of Gwersyllt d 1751 in an enclosure c1.8m square formed by a stone plinth with an inscription on the N side: John Tomkinson Liverpool Owner. This is surmounted by cast iron railings with finials of lobed spearhead design.
Listed as a fine group of C18 and C19 graves with enclosures formed by cast-iron railings in a variety of ornamental styles and for group value with All Saints Church.
Reference: J Colin Jones Gresford Church Inscriptions on Graves 1669-1992, nd
Nearby in the register
- No 1 of 6 Graves in the Graveyard to W of All saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- No 4 of 6 Graves in the Graveyard to W of All Saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- No 3 of 6 Graves in the Graveyard to W of All Saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- No 5 of 6 Graves in the Graveyard to W of All Saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.