Hedley Headstone 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Headstone.
Hedley Headstone 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- floating-steel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NZ 260 817
- Coordinates
- 55.12987, -1.59287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located 14 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Cuthbert, was erected in 1805 and is made of sandstone. It features a relief carving that includes an anchor, an arrow, and a scythe within a cable moulding, flanked by sailing ships and an overturned boat on billows, with the heads of drowning persons depicted.
The inscription honors John Hedley of North Blyth, a pilot who drowned on January 14, 1805, at the age of 39, along with three other pilots while performing his duties. The inscription expresses his memory and the sorrow of his widow and three small children. It includes a poignant message about finding peace and everlasting bliss. The headstone also references two other pilots, whose memorials can be found at the Redford headstone in Newbiggin and the Watts headstone in Blyth.
Local climate
Hedley Headstone 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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