Reeves was the most prominent firm of monumental masons (tombstone carvers) in

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, Somerset. They flourished from c. 1778 to the 1860s.The

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: Avon Group, "The Quick and the Dead: A Walk Round Some Bath Cemeteries" (15 September 1979) 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

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* 1799, Nathaniel Osborne, marble tablet in St Marys Church, Tormarton * 1807, Simon Wayte marble tablet in Church of St Mary, Rodbourne Cheney,

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* 1820, Thomas Preston Esq. (d.1820) and wife Jane (d.1823), their daughters, and many subsequent entries until 1848. It features the

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motif, and is in the City of London Church of

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. * 1841, George Whittington marble tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Cold Ashton *c.1847, Benjamin Plim Bellamy Monument in

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Cemetery *c.1847, Samuel Maxwell Hinds Memorial in Bath Abbey Cemetery *c.1847, Joseph Chaning Pearce Memorial in Bath Abbey Cemetery * 1851, William Bevan Gwyn monument in Church of St Cain, Llangain

Contemporary Monumental Masons in Bath

* Rogers of Bath *Tucker, Mason *Treasure, Mason *White

References

{{reflist, colwidth=30em Companies based in Bath, Somerset British stonemasons Monumental masons