St Michael's, Horton

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History - The Churchyard

Both the lych gate and flint churchyard wall date from 1886. The other walls, associated with the former Place House, have massive C16th bricks measuring 14 × 6 × 4½ (35 × 15 × 11cm).

The Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus glandulosa) was planted near the lychgate in 1973 to replace a giant yew which was destroyed in a storm in 1970.

Nearby are some C19th wooden leaping-board grave markers. This unusual style of monumnet is found occasionally in south-east England in wood, stone or cast iron.

Monumental Inscriptions