Holland 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. Grave slab.
Holland Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- plain-pinnacle-willow
- 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
- Holland Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Prestwich, Greater Manchester
- OS grid reference
- SD 811 036
- Coordinates
- 53.52926, -2.28657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holland grave slab is a rectangular sandstone memorial located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. It features deep incised carvings, including a decorative border and a large, stylised fleur-de-lys motif at the foot of the slab. The inscriptions are in wide-spaced lettering; the top reads "HERE RESTETH THE BODIES OF," while the central inscription commemorates "MARGARET THE WIFE OF IOHN HOLLAND OF CROLEY OF PILKINGTON WHO DYED THE 9TH DAY OF APRILL 1687" and "ELIZABETH HOLLAND HIS DAVGHTER DYED THE 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1680."
Local climate
Holland 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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