In 1865 the architect Frederick Preedy restored the chancel at St Mary’s, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk. Part of this work included re-tiling the floor using black tiles to compliment the ledgerstones, but it was all subseqently hidden from view in c.2010
Sandwich, Kent – A Simple Poem – Powell (Ledgerstone of the Month – January 2017)
In St. Mary’s church in Sandwich, Kent, is a simple ledger that is showing the signs of three centuries of dust and deterioration under people’s feet. Demonstrating the importance of the historical record to verify difficult-to-read dates incised into the stones,
A Change of Date (Ledger of the Month – December 2016)
The seemingly confused year in the date of the Pilkington slab at All Saints’ Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, can be explained by the change from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian in 1582, not formally adopted in England until 1752. The Gregorian Calendar new
William Browne Ledger – St. Mary’s Leighton, Shropshire (Ledger of the Month – May 2016)
This fine cast-iron ledger can be found in the church of St Mary at Leighton, Shropshire and was almost crtainly cast at Coalbrookdale, some five miles south-east of Leighton. Cast iron ledgers are rather rare, are almost all situated in
Bouchon Ledgers – Norwich Cathedral (Ledger of the Month – January 2016)
These two ledgers, commemorating a husband and wife, were laid in the third quarter of the 18th century. Almost certainly produced in Norwich, they remain as fresh today as when first cut and are arguably amongst the finest in Norfolk.
