Burton Pynsent: The Chatham Urn: The following are extracts from a very interesting little volume entitled “Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Somerset” by George Alexander Cooke, under the Curry Rivel heading: … (description of location and significance of Burton Pynsent giving the inscriptions on the Chatham Urn and at the base of the monument) … The book is not dated, but was probably published about 1810. The urn was removed to Stowe, and has since found another resting place. …
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