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Brick with finger marks by Brian Carne, 2014

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Brief note describing the discovery of a brick imprinted with a tradesman's finger marks during the restoration of the Sir John St.John monument. Also a note on the brother- in- law of the author Iris Murdoch, Brigadier Michael Bailey, who undertook restoration work at St. Mary's Lydiard Tregoze and possibly assisted in the restoration of the Sir John monument.


A typo - the date of the monument is 1634

Years:
1634
2014
Creator:
Brian Carne
Type:
Research Paper
Owner:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Copyright:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Last updated on:
Friday 24th September 2021

Items of Interest

Monument to Sir John St.John,1st Bt, by Samuel Baldwin, 1634
Monument to Sir John St.John,1st Bt, by Samuel Baldwin, 1634

Marble monument erected by Sir John St.John (d1648...