Reeves of Bath
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Reeves was the most prominent firm of monumental masons (tombstone carvers) in Bath, Somerset
. They flourished from c. 1778 to the 1860s. They often signed their work with "Reeves," or occasionally "Reeves & Son of Bath" when commissioned outside of Bath. One memorial is in the Grade I-listed City of London church St. Magnus the Martyr.
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
. They flourished from c. 1778 to the 1860s. They often signed their work with "Reeves," or occasionally "Reeves & Son of Bath" when commissioned outside of Bath. One memorial is in the Grade I-listed City of London church St. Magnus the Martyr.
List of works
- 1786, Thomas Stokes, marble tablet in St Marys Church YateYateYate is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, at the southwest extremity of the Cotswold Hills, 12 miles northeast of the city of Bristol. At the 2001 census the population was 21,789. The town of Chipping Sodbury is continuous with Yate to the east...
- 1799, Nathaniel Osborne, marble tablet in St Marys Church, TormartonTormartonTormarton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. Its name comes from Thor Maer Tun meaning The settlement with the thorn on the boundary. It is one mile North-East of junction 18 of the M4 motorway, with the A46 road and close to the border between Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire. As...
- 1807, Simon Wayte marble tablet in Church of St Mary, Rodbourne Cheney, SwindonSwindonSwindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...
- 1820, Thomas Preston Esq. (d.1820) and wife Jane (d.1823), their daughters, and many subsequent entries until 1848. It features the willow tree motif, and is in the City of London Church of St Magnus-the-MartyrSt Magnus-the-MartyrSt Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge is a Church of England church and parish in the City of London, located in Lower Thames Street near The Monument and the modern London Bridge. It is a part of the Diocese of London and under the pastoral care of the Bishop of London. By arrangement with the...
. - 1841, George Whittington marble tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Cold AshtonCold AshtonCold Ashton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. The village church has a 14th century tower and the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century by Thomas Key, its rector....
- c.1847, Benjamin Plim BellamyBenjamin Plim BellamyBenjamin Plim Bellamy was an English actor.He was baptised at St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, Shropshire on 27 September 1782, son of William and Ann Bellamy. For some 30 years was a favourite actor on the Norwich circuit. In 1810 the Suffolk Chronicle hired a corrosive new critic, up to which...
Monument in Bath AbbeyBath AbbeyThe Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England...
Cemetery - c.1847, Samuel Maxwell Hinds Memorial in Bath Abbey CemeteryBath Abbey CemeteryThe Anglican Bath Abbey Cemetery, officially dedicated as the Cemetery of St Peter and St Paul , was laid out by noted cemetery designer and landscape architect John Claudius Loudon in 1843 on a picturesque hillside site overlooking Bath, Somerset, England...
- c.1847, Joseph Chaning Pearce Memorial in Bath Abbey Cemetery
- 1851, William Bevan Gwyn monument in Church of St Cain, LlangainLlangainLlangain is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Situated near the bank of the Afon Tywi, the parish extends from near Johnstown to Llansteffan in one direction and from Llangynog to the river in another and consists of very pleasant countryside with gentle hills...
Contemporary Monumental Masons in Bath
- Rogers of Bath
- Tucker, Mason
- Treasure, Mason
- White