Billesley, All Saints’

All Recorded Ledgerstones

Owner: Church of England/Churches Conservation Trust

Parish: Billesley

County: Warwickshire

Church contact:

alison@wakes-miller.com

Number of ledgerstones recorded: 1

Earliest stone: 1826

Latest stone: 1826

Recorded Ledgerstones

Billesley, All Saints’ : Ledgerstone 1

Description:

Rectangular stone
Aligned W/E
Lettering, incised at top of stone
Roman caps, and l/case
Condition fair. Inscription part hidden under harmonium

Material: Black stone

Date: 1826

Measurements:

1880 x 700 mm

History:

A wall memorial above the Francis Fortescue Knottesford MA
Many years Rector to this parish

Inscription:

George Downing Fortesque
June 18th 1826
Aged 13 Years