Church of England
Arundel with Tortington created 1978
West Sussex
Arun D.C.
TQ004050
2
1718
1921
Recorded Ledgerstones
Arundel with Tortington created 1978, St Mary Magdalene, Tortington : Ledgerstone 1
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
Brazen celtic cross central with geometric design
Condition good
Sandstone
Brazen celtic cross
32 x 15 inches
830 x 380 mm
Plaque
14 x 19.5 inches
360 x 490 mm
Brazen celtic cross – none
Plaque:
The cremated ashes of Major John Amory Travers who died at Tortington House, on the 4th day of June, 1915, aged 67 years, lie buried under the floor of this Church beneath this Tablet, a brazen Cross indicating their site.
‘he that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.’ Prov.XIX
Also those of Florence Travers, his widow, who died in the same house on the 5th day of August 1921, aged 70 years.
‘Full of good works.’ IX Acts XXXVI
Janet Hewitt Winch &
Geoffrey Winch
of Felpham, West Sussex
Arundel with Tortington created 1978, St Mary Magdalene, Tortington : Ledgerstone 2
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
Lettering within top 2/3rd of stone
Incised copperplate
Condition very good, but with darker mark on bottom right hand corner
Sandstone with minimal fossiles
1718
66 x 35 inches
1680 x 880 mm
Nicolaus Lefter Clericus Obiit Die 30 Decemberis 1740
Elizabetha ejus Uxor
et Filia Roberti Willan LLD
nuper de Edburton Com Sufsex
ob XVII Aprilis MDCCLX
AEtat LXXVII
Maria ejus. Filia ob Die 1
Martii 1718 AEtat 5
Elizabetha c_iam ejus Filia
ob Die 23 Januarii 1742
AEtat 31
Janet Hewitt Winch &
Geoffrey Winch
of Felpham, West Sussex
