Williams Headstone 18 Metres North West of South Gate of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Williams Headstone 18 Metres North West of South Gate of Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-shingle-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NU 243 150
- Coordinates
- 55.42893, -1.61726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Williams headstone, located 18 metres north-west of the south gate of the churchyard in Longhoughton, dates from 1851. It is made of cut sandstone and features a segmental top with a relief carving of a draped female figure, an anchor, ropes, and shrouds above the inscription 'ANCHORAM SPEI QUIESCO'. Below this, there is a shaped panel flanked by garlands, which reads:
DAVID WILLIAMS
Master of the Brig Epsilon of
Blyth, who was drowned off
Dunstonborough Castle, with
the whole of his crew Jan 4 1851
The inscription continues with a poetic epitaph:
TOSS'D IN THE TROUBLOUS VOYAGE OF LIFE
BY MANY A RACING WAVE
MY WEARY FRAME AT LENGTH HATH FOUND
A HARBOUR IN THE GRAVE
MOOR'D ON THE CHRISTIANS ROCK WITH HOPE
MY ANCHOR SAFE I LIE
BE THOU LORD CHRIST IN THAT GREAT DAY
MY PILOT IN THE SKY
Local climate
Williams Headstone 18 Metres North West of South Gate of Churchyard 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 greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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