Thompson Memorial 3 Metres South of Parish Church Door is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Memorial.
Thompson Memorial 3 Metres South of Parish Church Door
- WRENN ID
- tilted-quoin-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NZ 119 838
- Coordinates
- 55.14902, -1.81416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thompson Memorial, located 3 metres south of the parish church door in Meldon, is a Grade II listed memorial made of stone. It features two shaped headstones that bear inscriptions commemorating the deaths of the children of James Thompson, who died between 1691 and 1729. These headstones are positioned between grooved octagonal stone posts. The reverse side of the southern headstone is adorned with a skeleton, while the northern headstone displays an hourglass and crossbones, both carved in relief.
Local climate
Thompson Memorial 3 Metres South of Parish Church Door 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- 3 Thompson Monument Approximately 7 Metres to South of St Patrick's Church
- 4 Thompson Headstone 4 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- 5 Thompson Headstone 16 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of the Holy Trinity
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