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Latitude: 51.165 / 51°9'53"N
Longitude: 0.5525 / 0°33'8"E
OS Eastings: 578558
OS Northings: 143736
OS Grid: TQ785437
Mapcode National: GBR PSF.VY1
Mapcode Global: VHJMT.JZF9
Plus Code: 9F325H72+XX
Entry Name: Martyrs' Memorial
Listing Date: 25 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1344387
English Heritage Legacy ID: 174638
ID on this website: 101344387
Location: Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent, TN12
County: Kent
District: Maidstone
Civil Parish: Staplehurst
Built-Up Area: Staplehurst
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Memorial
STAPLEHURST STATION ROAD
TQ 7843 (West side)
5/169 Martyrs'
Memorial
GV II
Memorial. 1904. Ashlared stone. Plinth, with chamfered base and
moulded cornice, set on chamfered rendered base, and surmounted by
obelisk with raised ashlar verges to tooled panels. Bronze plaque
inscribed "This Monument is Dedicated to the Memory of Alice Potkins,
Joan Bradbridge and Alice Benden of Staplehurst, also of Edmund Allen
and Katherine his wife, of Frittenden, who for the faith suffered death
1556 ยท 1557 during the Marian persecution". Erected by the Protestants
of Staplehurst and District. Surrounded by iron railings with curved
spikes.
Listing NGR: TQ7855843736
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