St Leonard, Bromley Boundary Marker - Bow Cemetery, London, UK
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OrientGeo
N 51° 31.317 W 000° 01.672
30U E 706183 N 5712058
A pair of parish boundary marker stones are set into a wall on the south side of Bow Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM144W3
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/15/2021
Views: 4
The two markers each bear the inscription of their parish as follows: The stone to the left is inscribed ‘No. 129 - 1896 / B. St. L. / W B CUSTARD / R R BROWN / J A PERRY / F HAMMOND / F R THURSTON / S H RAWLEY / W M MEAD - VESTRY CLERK’. This shows that it is number 129 in the series, placed in 1896. The named individuals will have been members of the Vestry at that time. The stone to the right is a lot more difficult to read. It has a date, which is probably also 1896. The letters ‘M. E. O. T’ then appear, standing for Mile End Old Town. This is followed by the names of a Church Warden and others, but unfortunately they have become illegible.
Type of survey mark: Stone tablet.
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
Set into a brick wall at the south side of Bow Cemetery. It is very close to the point where the wall changes from a north/south alignment to an east/west alignment and is closest to the Cantrell Road entrance to the cemetery.
What property is this mark defining?:
Placed to mark the boundary between St Leonard, Bromley and Mile End Old Town parishes.
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