Wilson and Stockburn Headstones 10 Metres South of Church of St Brandon is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Headstone.
Wilson and Stockburn Headstones 10 Metres South of Church of St Brandon
- WRENN ID
- sunken-tin-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 224 376
- Coordinates
- 54.73359, -1.65246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilson and Stockburn headstones, located 10 metres south of the Church of St. Brandon, are two notable memorials. The first headstone, dedicated to John Wilson, dates from 1782 and is made of sandstone. It stands 1.5 metres high and features a shaped top with a moulded border. The raised cartouche is flanked by scrolled foliage. The inscription reads: "Here lies the body of John Son of Robert and Rachel Wilson Who departed this Life June 13th 1782 Aged 15 Years. No Crime did ever my Consience sing But Death came with its sharpest Wing And quickly sent me to my Grave I hope that God my Soul will Save. I know this Child his God did fear And always lov'd his Parents dear." The second headstone, commemorating Hannah Stockburn, dates from 1777 and is also made of sandstone. It is 0.75 metre high and features a shaped top with an inscription.
Local climate
Wilson and Stockburn Headstones 10 Metres South of Church of St Brandon receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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