Fleetwood Family Vault
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Fleetwood Family Vault
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 27 Aug 2016
The doorway leads down to the Fleetwood family vault. Over the door are two carved scrolls and the inscription "Insignia Rici Fleetwood An Hujus Ecciffe Patronis Anno Dni 1699" - The arms of Richard Fleetwood Esq patron of this church Anno Domini 1699. The arms can no longer be seen in the stonework but the Fleetwod family arms feature in the lead rainwater heads along the nave wall. About eighteen members of the family are buried in the underground brick lined vault.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.847092
Longitude
-2.9919