Martyrs' Monument
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Martyrs' Monument
Image: © N Chadwick Taken: 15 Jan 2023
Grade II listed. The decorative bronze tablet has the following inscription: ‘The Noble Army of Martyrs Praise Thee, This monument is dedicated to the Memory of Alice Potkins, Joan Bradbridge and Alice Benden of Staplehurst, also of Edmund Allen and his Wife, who for their faith suffered death, 1556-1557, during the Marian Persecution. We shall by God’s Grace light such a candle in England as shall never be put out’ Erected 1904 of the Protestants of Staplehurst and District. Thy Word is Truth’.
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Image Location
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51.164949
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0.552339