East Sussex Church Monuments - 1530 to 1830 - Archive of Photographs
by Professor Nigel Llewellyn

(270) WADHURST, St. Peter & St. Paul


270I Mural monument for John NEWINGTON, d. 1780

-  Nave West wall, South of tower arch, above head height.

-  142(W); (H) inaccessible~Fine; local damage (middle corbel); colour visible.

-  In good quality marble; straight entablature supporting urns; blank frieze; M.I. on tablet; flanking, mock-fluted pilasters; below, escutcheons.

-  John Newington, Gent., of Hightown, Wadhurst, d. 17 Feb 1780, aet 85; his first wife, Mary, d. Jun 1759, aet 73, daughter of Joseph Weller, Esq., of Dallington Castle; issue - Joseph, d. Apr 1739, aet 14; his second wife and relict, Anne, daughter of Edward Burgess, Gent., of Wadhurst.