page_title: St Mary's Church, Eccleston
section_title: Site of old Grosvenor family vault
hierarchical_section_title: St Mary's Church, Eccleston / Old Churchyard / Burials and monuments / Site of old Grosvenor family vault
caption_attribution_description: English: St Mary's Church Eccleston, Old Churchyard - this enclosure in the northeast part of the Old Churchyard, now covered with gravel and surrounded by a low wall with crosses in the corners, marks the spot where the Grosvenor family vault was located within the old parish church.
context_page_description: St Mary's Church is in the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England, on the estate of the Duke of Westminster south of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is combined with that of St Mary, Pulford. The Dukes of Westminster are buried in the adjacent Old Churchyard.
context_section_description: Many ancestors of the Dukes of Westminster, including:
  Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet
  Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor
  Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
  Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
  A stone tablet in the enclosure (see here) bears the arms of the Grosvenor baronets with the dates 1599 and 1894 and the inscription: "This stone marks the resting place of those members of the Grosvenor family who were buried in a vault under the old church which was demolished in 1900 and who were reinterred in this plot and their names are recorded on the memorial tablet in Eccleston church." As the inscription indicates, the names of those family members buried here are listed on a large brass wall plaque in the north aisle of the church (see here).
caption: The enclosure which marks the site of the old Grosvenor family vault within the old parish church.
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