A monument in peril: the Lewys monument at Edington
Edington Priory Church, Edington
Discover Church monuments
These resources will help you to find out more about all kinds of church monuments. There is a guide to web sites, lists of key books and recent publications, notes on symbolism and geology, and a glossary. Each month we feature a specific monument - the artistically splendid, the simple but beautiful, the quirky and curious.
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Monument of the month
A small but telling memorial: the tomb slab of gravedigger Aerlewijn Willemszoon in the Oude Kerk, Delft (the Netherlands)
Oude Kerk, Delft
MONUMENT TO Sir Charles Blount (d.1600/01)
The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth