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Sir Thomas Parkyns, the Wrestling Baronet

Only Time could throw him.

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Illustration: Sir Thomas Parkyns, the Wrestling Baronet
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Sir Thomas Parkyns, the Wrestling Baronet

Ready to wrestle.

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What's there
Wrestler monument in the chancel
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Before you go

Parish church; opening varies. Check before you go.

  • St Mary the Virgin, Bunny
  • Near A60
  • The pin marks the spot.

Thrown at last by Time.

Sir Thomas Parkyns (1663-1741) was a wrestling baronet who wrote 'Inn Play, or Cornish Hugg Wrestler'. He designed his own monument in Bunny church. One panel shows him ready to wrestle. In the other he lies 'thrown' by Father Time.

Sources

  1. Bunny St Mary, National Churches Trust —
  2. Thoroton Society 1902 excursion: Bradmore and Bunny, nottshistory —

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