Table Tomb Bearing Margel Arms Churchyard of St Oswalds Church Immediately East of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Tomb.
Table Tomb Bearing Margel Arms Churchyard of St Oswalds Church Immediately East of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- rusted-portal-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Table Tomb Bearing Margel Arms Churchyard of St Oswalds Church Immediately East of Chancel, Church Lane, Backford
- OS grid reference
- SJ 398 716
- Coordinates
- 53.23884, -2.90291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb located in the churchyard of St Oswald's Church, immediately east of the chancel. It is probably from the 17th century and made of red sandstone, which is very worn. The sides of the tomb feature three panels that bear a shield, likely belonging to the Margel family, alternating with plain strips that form part of the surround. Each end of the tomb is similarly decorated with one shield between plain strips. The top slab has chamfered corners, but there is no visible inscription.
Local climate
Table Tomb Bearing Margel Arms Churchyard of St Oswalds Church Immediately East of Chancel receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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