Monument to Richard Knill, South of U Larsing Monument in Overleigh Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1998. Monument.
Monument to Richard Knill, South of U Larsing Monument in Overleigh Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-foundation-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Richard Knill, South of U Larsing Monument in Overleigh Cemetery, Overleigh Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 403 653
- Coordinates
- 53.18169, -2.89456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Reverend Richard Knill and his wife Sarah is located south of the U Larsing Monument in Overleigh Cemetery. Erected around 1857, it is made of freestone and features a plinth with inscribed arched panels, an octagonal column, and a spire finial, standing approximately 3 meters tall.
The front of the plinth is inscribed with a tribute to Reverend Knill, detailing his birth on April 14, 1787, in Braunton, Devon, his missionary work in India for three years and in Russia for fifteen years, his advocacy for missions across Great Britain and Ireland, his six years as a pastor at Wotton-under-Edge, and his nine years as pastor of the Independent Church on Queen Street in Chester, where he died on January 2, 1857.
The left side of the monument bears the inscription, "BRETHREN THE HEATHEN ARE PERISHING." "SHALL WE LET THEM PERISH?" "GOD FORBID !" - RICHARD KNILL. The right side lists several of his published tracts, including "DYING THIEF AND DYING SAVIOUR," "THE FALSE HOPE," and "INFLUENCE OF PIOUS WOMEN," among others. The back of the monument commemorates Sarah Knill, who lived from 1796 until May 1870.
Local climate
Monument to Richard Knill, South of U Larsing Monument in Overleigh Cemetery 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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