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Description: White marble reredos, circa 1886, by w:Joseph Edgar Boehm in the Renaissance manner, depicting the assumption of Saint Agnes surrounded by cherubs in clouds (Listed building text[1]). St Agnes's Church, Bury Road, Newmarket, built as a private chapel for Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford (1818-1894) (Duchess of Montrose), of 45 Belgrave Square, London and Sefton Lodge, Newmarket, a promient racehorse owner who in later life used the pseudonym "Mr Manton". Built as a memorial to her second husband William Stuart Stirling-Crawfurd (1819-1883), who died in Cannes and was reburied here in 1888. The church stands 160 metres north-east of Sefton Lodge, named after Stirling-Crawfurd's 1878 Derby winner.
Title: Reredos AssumptionOfStAgnes ChurchOfStAgnes Newmarket Suffolk
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