Group of Tombstones Circa 50 Metres North West of Dairy Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Tombstones.
Group of Tombstones Circa 50 Metres North West of Dairy Bridge
- WRENN ID
- haunted-footing-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Tombstones
- OS grid reference
- NZ 084 144
- Coordinates
- 54.52497, -1.87155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of tombstones, located approximately 50 metres north-west of Dairy Bridge, features stones from various dates. The most significant is a recumbent coped slab, likely from the 12th century, which displays an expanded-arm cross on one side and a pair of shears on the other. A few metres to the west, there is a small collection of headstones, mostly broken or fallen, dating from the 17th century and early 18th century, with few remaining legible inscriptions. This group is historically important as it marks the site of the medieval church of Rokeby, which was replaced by the current St. Mary's Church in the mid-18th century.
Local climate
Group of Tombstones Circa 50 Metres North West of Dairy Bridge receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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