Hopley Headstone South of Nave of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1985. Headstone.
Hopley Headstone South of Nave of Church
- WRENN ID
- winding-cinder-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Hopley Headstone South of Nave of Church, Church Street, Malpas
- OS grid reference
- SJ 486 471
- Coordinates
- 53.01938, -2.76674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hopley Headstone, located south of the nave of the church, is a mid-18th century headstone made of sandstone. It is inscribed with the memory of Samuel Hopley, a poet from Duckington, who passed away on September 11, 1769, at the age of 66. The headstone also commemorates John, the son of Samuel Hopley, who died on November 6, 1791, and Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Hopley, who died on July 25, 1741, at the age of 10. Additionally, it mentions Mary, the daughter of John and Mary Hopley, who died in May 1771. This headstone is notable for recording the unusual profession of its primary subject.
Local climate
Hopley Headstone South of Nave of Church receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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