Church of England
Nuneham Courtenay
Oxfordshire
South Oxforshire
SU 542 983
Team Rector
The Rectory
Dorchester-on-Thames
Oxon
OX10 7HZ
7
1613
1670
Recorded Ledgerstones
Nuneham Courtenay, Old Church of All Saints : Ledgerstone 1
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
Lettering visible on the upper half of the stone
Uppercase
sonne
Condition poor
York stone
904 x 584 mm
37 x 23 inches
The present church replaces an earlier one which, in 1762, was said to be in a ruinous state.
A few ledgerstones from the earlier church were used to pave the vestry floor in the present church.
Ref. The CCT guide to the church by Andrew Pike. 2007
RICHARD [________________]
THE SONNE O[____________]
LEWES [PO________________]
Q
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ELI[_______________________]
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In the first ‘N’ in SONNE the / component slopes from bottom to top between the uprights rather than the conventional top to bottom
Nuneham Courtenay, Old Church of All Saints : Ledgerstone 2
Name is not visible
1613
Nuneham Courtenay, Old Church of All Saints : Ledgerstone 3
Rectangular
Aligned East to West
Covers all of stone that is visible
Uppercase
Condition poor
York stone
1670
28 x 14 mm
11 x 5.5 inches
The present church replaces an earlier one which, in 1762, was said to be in a ruinous state.
A few ledgerstones from the earlier church were used to pave the vestry of the present church.
Ref. The CCT guide to the church by Andrew Pike 2007
R[_____]B
1670
Nuneham Courtenay, Old Church of All Saints : Ledgerstone 4
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
All that is visible is a small part of a border and a memento mori of crossed (thigh?) bones
If the crossed bones are at lower part of the stone the stated alignment is correct
Condition poor
Purbeck
788 x 520 mm
31 x 21.5 inches
The present church replaces an earlier one which, 1762, was said to be ruinous.
A few ledgerstones from the earlier church were used to pave the vestry of the present church.
Ref. The CCT guide to the church by Andrew Pike 2007
Nuneham Courtenay, Old Church of All Saints : Ledgerstone 5
Rectangular
Aligned West to East
Lettering at top right
Uppercase
Condition poor
York stone
635 x 330 mm
25 x 13 inches
The present church replaces an earlier one which, in 1762, was said to be ruinous.
A few ledgerstones from the earlier church were used to pave the vestry of the present church.
Ref. The CCT guide to the church by Andrew Pike
2007
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The staircase obscures the stone on the diagonal
Nuneham Courtenay, Old Church of All Saints : Ledgerstone 6
Rectangular
Aligned North to South
Lettering visible on lower right hand side of stone
A memento mori (skull) is visible on top right hand side
Lowercase
Condition poor
Hopton Wood stone
914 x 585 mm
36 x 23 inches
The present church replaces an earlier one which, in 1762, was said to be ruinous.
A few ledgerstones from the earlier church were used to pave the vestry of the present church.
Ref. The CCT guide to the church by Andrew Pike 2007
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Nuneham Courtenay, Old Church of All Saints : Ledgerstone 7
All that is visible is roughly square
Aligned West to East
Numerals are central in visible portion
Only numerals visible
Condition poor
York or Forest of Dean stone
35 x 35 mm (visible)
12 x 12 inches (visible)
The present church replaces an earlier one which, in1762, was said to be in a ruinous condition.
Ledgerstones from the earlier church were used to pave the vestry of the present church.
Ref. The CCT guide to the church by Andrew Pike 2007
1667
