Ramsbotham Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2012. A C17 Grave slab.

Ramsbotham Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
low-passage-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury South MP: Christian Wakeford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 2012
Type
Grave slab
Address
Ramsbotham Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Prestwich, Greater Manchester
OS grid reference
SD 810 036
Coordinates
53.52954, -2.28665
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ramsbotham family grave slab is located in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, positioned centrally along the main footpath to the north side, near the north-west porch. This large sandstone grave slab features inscriptions on its upper section. It has deep incised carvings, including a border with a raised semi-circular head at the center top above the inscriptions, and a scrolled design with a diamond at the foot of the slab. The initials 'TR' are carved in shallower incised lettering, likely added in the 19th century, positioned above and to the left of the scrolled design. The top inscription, written in widely spaced lettering in Early Modern English, reads, "Here Refteth the Body of/ Edmund Romfbotham of/ Pilkington buried june ye/ 8th 1697." Below this, later inscriptions added in the 19th century state, "Also Thomas Ramsbotham who/ departed this Life June 13th 1821,/ Aged 56 Years. Also Margaret/ his Wife who departed this/ Life March 5th 1839 Aged 66/ Years."

Local climate

Ramsbotham Family Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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