Church Monuments Society

What is the Monument of the month?

This page is designed for the general reader and is intended to feature monuments of all types and all ages: those to the famous and to the unknown, those by famous sculptors and those by unknown local craftsmen, the artistically splendid and the simple but beautiful or curious. So far mostly members of the Council have contributed but contributions are welcome from everybody – members or non-members of the Society.

Tell us about a monument

View on map

Monumental brass above tomb chest

The Gaynesford Tombchest

All Saints, Carshalton

Monument of the month

Monument archive

Fig 1

The Monument to Anthony Williams, d.1836, at Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire

Holy Trinity Church, Blatherwycke

Epitaph commemorating Dona Catarina wife of the viceroy Garcia de Sa

The monument of Catarina Pires, a Portuguese woman in 16th century Goa

Nossa Senhora do Rosario – Our Lady of the Rosaries Church, Velha Goa (Old Goa)

Fig 2 monument to Ottolander

A fruity monument: The churchyard monument to K.J.W. Ottolander (1822-1887) in the Old Cemetery on Reijerskoop, Boskoop (Netherlands)

Old Cemetery (Oude Begraafplaats), Boskoop

ShiptonFig 2

The Churchyard bale tomb to the Morgan family at Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire.

St Mary's, Shipton-under-Wychwood

Fig4Memorial to Prince Frederick Duleep Singh in BloNorton church

The memorials to Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh MVO, TD, FSA 1868-1926 at Blo’Norton, Norfolk

St Andrew's, Blo'Norton

Pemdomer1

SIR JOHN DOMER (D. AFTER 1321) PENDOMER (SOMERSET)

St Roch, Pendomer

MiltonAbbasBaronHambro†1877J O ScottdesArmsteadsculp crop

The monument to Baron Carl Joachim Hambro, 1807-1877 at Milton Abbas, Dorset

St Mary, St Samson and St Branwalader, Milton Abbas

millsresize

HEADSTONE OF HARRY “BRUSHER” MILLS 1840-1905

St Nicholas, Brockenhurst

HortonEdwardMontagu wifedaughtermon1756desHWalpolesculpJamesLovell6

The monument to Edward, Arabella and Henrietta Montagu in Horton Church, Northamptonshire

St Mary Magdalene, Horton

The Spoure Memorial in St Torney’s Church, North Hill, Cornwall

St Torney's, North Hill

CNV00070

Griffith ap Rhys – An important Welsh knight in early Tudor times

Worcester Cathedral

clehonger crop

Hawise de la Barre d. pre 1381, heiress of the Pembrugge family of Clehonger (Herefordshire)

All Saints , Clehonger