Monument record 290/1/2 - St Boniface's Churchyard

St Boniface's Churchyard is of a distinctive playing card shape with the present church at its north centre. This may suggest a Roman site though no finds are known (1). The dedication to St Boniface may indicate a late Saxon cult centre or even a church (2). The Domesday Book records a priest at Bunbury (3). There is a probable late medieval gravestone in the churchyard at SJ 5695 5805. Made of two weathered slabs each carved with a Calvary cross (4).

<1> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Williams S R 1985 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

<2> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/269 Thacker A 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<3> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/350 Sawyer P & Thacker A 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Report). SCH1934.