5 Walton Tombs and One Bell Tomb Circa 14 Metres South of Porch 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.
5 Walton Tombs and One Bell Tomb Circa 14 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- turning-jamb-elder
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NY 947 256
- Coordinates
- 54.6256, -2.0827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Five Walton tombs and one Bell tomb are located approximately 14 metres south of the porch of the Church of St. Mary in Middleton in Teesdale. These six headstones date from 1749 to 1818 and bear inscriptions for members of the Walton family, with names including William, John, Elizabeth, and George, as well as for Mary Bell, extending to 1876. The tombs are made of sandstone ashlar slabs, standing between 0.5 to 0.8 metres high, each featuring a shaped top. Some of the headstones have verses inscribed on the rear.
One headstone for Elizabeth, who died in 1772, includes the verse: "Farewell vain world I must thee leave/To dust I must return/For out of it I first was made/Therefore forbear to mourn/Twas in the dawning of my years/That Death to me was sent/To you that have a longer time/Be careful to repent/For in my health I little thought/My glass was run so near/But now the time for me is come/No longer to be here."
Another headstone for Elizabeth, who died in 1720, reads: "All things will turn for good/If you the Lord do fear this is/the charge I leave to you my/Children dear stick close unto/ this God of mine, which I have/found so true and what you see/hes done for me heel do the/same for you."
Local climate
5 Walton Tombs and One Bell Tomb Circa 14 Metres South of Porch 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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