Listed Building record MDO17057 - Headstones to Benjamin and Elizabeth Jesty in St Nicholas's churchyard, Worth Matravers

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Two headstones on the graves of Benjamin Jesty (died 1816) and his wife Elizabeth (died 1824). Her stone is carved with cherubs, and his is inscribed ‘The first person known that introduced the Cow Pox by innoculation’.

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Grid reference SY 97270 77454 (point)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Worth Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Apr 3 2014 11:52AM

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