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Memorial: M2754

Memorial at St Clement’s Churchyard, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Edward Bowell, builder of Foulness Lighthouse, Cromer, Norfolk, d. 1737

Location

St Clement's Churchyard, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Here lies interred, the Body of / Edward Bowell, Gent. / Portman & twice Bayliff / Of this Corporation, / (He erected the Light at Foulness, / In Norfolk, Anno 1719) / Who died the 3d of October, 1737, / Aetat. 57.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard south east angle
Materials: Portland stone, black marble

People

Bowell, Edward
Age: 57
Date of Death: 3/10/1737
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: British Library: Add 19093, f.214b. 'Davy's Church Notes'. Erected lighthouse at Foulness 1712. Foulness is east of Cromer, North Norfolk.

Recorder: Mrs F Keymer, 1 Westbrook Road, London, SE3 0NS, 23/7/1988

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