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Liberty Tomb (Beside Path to West of Mill Farm) at National Grid Reference TQ 0098 9877

A Grade II Listed Building in Chenies, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6787 / 51°40'43"N

Longitude: -0.5408 / 0°32'26"W

OS Eastings: 500986

OS Northings: 198780

OS Grid: TQ009987

Mapcode National: GBR G7H.N2W

Mapcode Global: VHFSJ.K2YF

Plus Code: 9C3XMFH5+FM

Entry Name: Liberty Tomb (Beside Path to West of Mill Farm) at National Grid Reference TQ 0098 9877

Listing Date: 2 December 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1100431

English Heritage Legacy ID: 157631

ID on this website: 101100431

Location: Latimer, Buckinghamshire, HP5

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Chenies

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Flaunden

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


FLAUNDEN CHENIES BOTTOM
TQ 09 NW (North side)

8/104 Liberty tomb
- (beside path 500m
to W of Mill Farm)
at National Grid
Ref TQ 0098 9877

- II

Chest tomb. 1777 to 'William Liberty/of Chorley Wood Brickmaker/who was
by his own desire/buried in a vault/on this part of his estate/died 21
April 1777 aged 53 years/and/Alice Liberty his wife'. Thick limestone
engraved slab as top to chest tomb with chamfered plinth and
fine-jointed red brickwork as sides of chest. Reeded surround to a panel
cut into brick at each end and 2 on S face next the path. Small granite
slab set into brickwork at W end. Aligned E-W with an iron railed
enclosure. Kelly in 1914 describes the tomb as being in an orchard 200
yards to E of old church. (Kelly(1914)101).


Listing NGR: TQ0098698780

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