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Chester
Cheshire
North West England

St. Werburgh Street ☐
(Cathedral)

George Travis

Royton 1741 - Hampstead 1797
Archdeacon of Chester, 1786-1797
(Wikipedia)

Joseph Turner
c. 1797

Description

Epitaph with oval relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

sacred to the memory
of
the reverend george travis m.a.
late archdeacon of chester,
and vicar of eastham in this county,
who departed this life february xxiv mdccxcvii.
he was a man, whose extensive learning,
active mind, and generous heart
where assiduously exerted in the service
of religion, his country, and his neighbour.
his loss will be long regretted, and his vertues ever refered.
rader;
this eulogy is no flattery,
but the sincere testimony of
a surviving friend.

this monument was erected
by his affectionate widow

Sculptor

Joseph Turner (1728-1807), British architect of Hawarden, Flintshire.

Sources & Information

G.W.O. Addleshaw, 'Architects, sculptors, desiqners and craftsmen 1770-1970 whose work is to be seen in Chester Cathedral.' Architectural History 14 (1971), pp. 74-109 ( (JSTOR).

Locatie (N 53°11'31" - W 2°53'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbnw133; Photograph: 25 June 2023
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