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Title
Venn's Arch
Date
1881
Medium
sandstone
Accession number
HR1_MRF_S012
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Gateway
Owner
Church of St Peter
Custodian
Hereford City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
22/11/93
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on a plaque inserted into the left side of the front of the arch, in black metal lettering: REV. JOHN VENN, M.A. / VICAR OF THIS PARISH 1833-1870. / FELL ASLEEP MAY 12TH 1890. / LAID TO REST IN THIS BURIAL GROUND. / ONE OF HEREFORD GREATEST BENEFACTORS. / FOUNDER OF / THE HEREFORD SOCIETY FOR AIDING / THE INDUSTRIOUS 1841. / HEREFORD CITY MISSIon 1856. / A FRIEND AND A GUIDE TO THE POOR. / HIS SISTER EMELIA VENN WAS ASSOCIATED / WITH HIM IN HIS GOOD WORK. / BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER.
