Element record MNT28533 - Brick Grave Vault at St Helen's Church, Trowell

Summary

Brick grave vault discovered under the chancel during a watching brief, C18?

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 48379 39746 (12m by 9m)
Map sheet SK43NE
District Broxtowe
Civil Parish Trowell, Broxtowe
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Full Description

With the rubble layer, removed a rectangular brick burial vault was observed.

A burial vault inside the church and indeed inside the chancel suggests that it belonged to a locally important family. There was, however, no plaque or slab present that identified who the vault belonged to. However, the window in the South wall above the vault depicts four brass plaques recording the deaths of the Evans family, and it is possible that they are the occupants of the vault. The plaques date the internments to the late c.18th.
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Laurence Platt and Victoria Owen, 2018, Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at the Church of St. Helen, Trowell, Nottinghamshire, Page 9 (Unpublished document). SNT5881.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Laurence Platt and Victoria Owen. 2018. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at the Church of St. Helen, Trowell, Nottinghamshire. ,, ,,,,, ,. Page 9.

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Record last edited

Jan 22 2025 4:19PM

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