Sutton Cheney church cemetery - St James - Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Parish cemetery at St James' church, Sutton Cheney.

"The church of St James mostly dates from the 14th century and probably replaces an earlier church on the site. The church consists of a low west tower, nave, chancel and south chapel. The circular arcade dates to the 13th century, the low west tower has a brick upper stage which was rebuilt in the early 19th century.

There was (and perhaps still is although I could not see it) a headstone to the mathematician Thomas Simpson in the churchyard who died in 1761. “The remains of the Bosworth Prodigy, Thomas Simpson, F.R.S rest in this churchyard. After rending asunder the fetters of indigence, he arose to an envied eminence as a Mathematician and died A.D 1761.”
He was born in Market Bosworth the son of a self-taught weaver, he was expected to follow his father’s footsteps but after viewing the solar eclipse in 1724 he turned to mathematics. He became a lecturer in the coffee houses of London and wrote several important texts."

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"It is believed that Richard III attended Mass here for the last time in 1485 before the Battle of Bosworth.

On Sunday 22 March 2015, the funeral cortège of King Richard III paused in Sutton Cheney en route to his burial in Leicester Cathedral."

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City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Sutton Cheney / Leicestershire / England Approximate number of graves: 200 Cemetery Status: Active Cemetery Website: Not listed

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