Baby’s Tomb, Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Cumbria, UK
Posted by: bill&ben
N 54° 57.962 W 002° 41.681
30U E 519547 N 6091054
The sculpted tomb cover of an infant in the Lady Chapel of Lanercost Priory.
Waymark Code: WMKNF5
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/06/2014
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In the Lady Chapel of Lanercost Priory is the tomb of the infant Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard. Elizabeth Dacre Howard was the daughter of George and Rosalind Howard, owners of Lanercost Priory. Elizabeth died on 17th July 1883, aged 4 months. The effigy was sculpted by Sir Edgar Boehm (1834-90)