Hodgson Tomb Circa One Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb.
Hodgson Tomb Circa One Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- noble-oriel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Hodgson Tomb Circa One Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary, Town End, Middleton in Teesdale
- OS grid reference
- NY 947 256
- Coordinates
- 54.62582, -2.08231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hodgson tomb, located approximately one metre south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary, is a Grade II listed headstone dedicated to Rev. George Hodgson, who died in 1761 at the age of 36. The tomb features a sandstone ashlar slab that stands about 0.6 metres high. It has a bracket-shaped top above a moulded rectangular panel, which displays an inscription and verse that reads: "Hou lovd hou valu'd once/avails the not to whom/Related or by whom/begot A heap of Dust/alone Remains of the is/all thou art and all the/Proud shall be."
Local climate
Hodgson Tomb Circa One Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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