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Gravestones to Tregonwell Campbell and Shelley Families and to Vicars of St Peters in Churchyard of St Peters

A Grade II Listed Building in Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7204 / 50°43'13"N

Longitude: -1.8749 / 1°52'29"W

OS Eastings: 408927

OS Northings: 91204

OS Grid: SZ089912

Mapcode National: GBR X7N.WP

Mapcode Global: FRA 67Y5.RDF

Plus Code: 9C2WP4CG+52

Entry Name: Gravestones to Tregonwell Campbell and Shelley Families and to Vicars of St Peters in Churchyard of St Peters

Listing Date: 1 August 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1108868

English Heritage Legacy ID: 101760

ID on this website: 101108868

Location: St Peter's Church, Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, BH1

County: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bournemouth

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Bournemouth Town Centre

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

Tagged with: Tombstone

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Description


1.
5186 HINTON ROAD
(East Side)
Gravestones to Tregonwell,
Campbell and Shelley
families, and to vicars of
St Peters, in churchyard
of St Peters.
SZ 0891 13/1D 1.8.74.

II GV

2.
White marble altar tomb on terrace beside churchyard steps erected circa 1853
by Percy Bysshe Shelley's son to contain the poet's heart and the bodied of his
parents-in-law, William and Mary Godwin, brought here from St Pancras Churchyard
(London), and of his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (died 1851). Next to
it, Gothic stone altar tomb of Mrs Maria Campbell (died 1860): pink marble colonnettes
at corners, dog-tooth round inscription panel, foliage carving at ends and under
eaves. Just below, the gravestones of several vicars, including the first, Alexander
Morden Bennett (died 1880): crosses at head and foot, one with roundel of chalice.
On next higher 'landing' of steps the Perpendicular style panelled altar tomb
of Bournemouth's founder, Lewis Tregonwell, erected 1846.

The Church of St Peter, Churchyard Cross, Lychgate, Chapel of the Resurrection,
and 2 groups of gravestones form a group.


Listing NGR: SZ0892791204

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