Forster and Turnbull Headstones Approximately Approximately 10 Yards South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Headstone.
Forster and Turnbull Headstones Approximately Approximately 10 Yards South of Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 165 729
- Coordinates
- 55.05065, -1.74196
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forster and Turnbull headstones, located approximately 10 yards south of the Church of St. Mary, are two notable memorials.
The first headstone commemorates Matthew Forster, who died in 1758. It features a scrolled pedimented top adorned with an angel and a symbol of eternity, with moulded sides and an inscription set in a cartouche.
The second headstone is for William Turnbull, who passed away in 1788. This stone also has a scrolled pedimented top, which bears the head of an old man with a curly beard. Below this is a festoon and an inscription set in a cartouche, framed by a decorative border.
Local climate
Forster and Turnbull Headstones Approximately Approximately 10 Yards South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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