Ramsgate, St Lawrence - Monumental Inscriptions

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Early 19th century M.I.s from St Lawrence in Thanet - Transcribed by G.B.T.Goodwin. 2006 On his holiday in Ramsgate with his family in the summer of 1829 Mr. Daniel Benham recorded the Monumental Inscriptions in St. Laurence Churchyard and a few from other locations in Thanet. He wrote these up in a Journal which has survived (Canterbury Cathedral Archives Add MS 271/1). He recorded over 600 monumental inscriptions from St. Lawrence churchyard. These are important as all predate the growth in Ramsgate which occurred later in the 19th century. Bound into the back of the Journal there are rubbings of brasses and other monuments from several Thanet churches. The download has an index and the inscriptions from surviving headstones many of which will no longer be in situ.