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Latitude: 53.1818 / 53°10'54"N
Longitude: -2.8945 / 2°53'40"W
OS Eastings: 340317
OS Northings: 365336
OS Grid: SJ403653
Mapcode National: GBR 79.3KF1
Mapcode Global: WH88F.H9W4
Plus Code: 9C5V54J4+P5
Entry Name: Monument to U Larsing South East of Thackeray Cenotaph in Overleigh Cemetery
Listing Date: 23 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375891
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469870
ID on this website: 101375891
Location: General Cemetery, Handbridge, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH4
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Handbridge Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St Mary without the Walls
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Monument
SJ4065
1932-1/8/214
CHESTER CITY (EM)
OVERLEIGH ROAD
(North side (off))
Monument to U Larsing SE of Thackeray Cenotaph in Overleigh Cemetery
II
GV
Plinth over tomb of U Larsing Bengal missionary. 1863. Stone.
The plinth is inscribed "TO U LARSING ONE OF THE FIRST FRUITS
OF THE WELSH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ON THE KHASSIA HILLS, BENGAL
WHERE HE LABOURED SEVERAL YEARS AS AN EVANGELIST. IN 1861 HE
VISITED THIS COUNTRY AND ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THOUSANDS IN
ENGLAND AND WALES : WHEN ABOUT TO RETURN TO HIS NATIVE LAND
HIS SAVIOUR CALLED HIM TO HIMSELF AND HE ENTERED TO THE JOY OF
HIS LORD AT CAERGWRLE AUGUST 24 1863".
On the opposite side of the plinth the inscription is in
Welsh.
U may be an initial, but is also a Burmese title.
Listing NGR: SJ 40317 65336
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