Fforster, Embleton and Hall Headstones Circa 12 Yards South of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. A 18th century Headstone.
Fforster, Embleton and Hall Headstones Circa 12 Yards South of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- burning-belfry-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NU 066 119
- Coordinates
- 55.40132, -1.8967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three headstones located approximately 12 yards south of the Church of St. Bartholomew in Whittingham Village. The headstones date from 1736, 1745, and 1764 and are made of small sandstone tablets.
The first headstone, for Thomas Fforster, dates to 1736 and features a pediment with primitive lettering and a primitive angel's head in the pediment. The second headstone, for Luke Embleton, dates to 1764 and has a shaped and moulded top. The third headstone, for Michael Hall, dates to 1745 and is inscribed with "memento mori," accompanied by a skull in a segmental-pedimented top.
Local climate
Fforster, Embleton and Hall Headstones Circa 12 Yards South of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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