Barlowe 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.
Barlowe Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tattered-vestry-merlin
- 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
- Barlowe Grave Slab in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Prestwich, Greater Manchester
- OS grid reference
- SD 811 036
- Coordinates
- 53.52925, -2.28642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barlowe grave slab, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, is a rectangular sandstone slab that has suffered a central break due to lawn mower damage. It features incised carvings, including a decorative border and a flower motif at the foot of the slab, which is now partly obscured by later text.
At the top of the slab, there is an epitaph written in widely-spaced early Modern English that reads: "EIGHTIE SEAVN YEARES/ MY DAYES WERE SVM'D AND/ PAST I LIV'D IN TROVBLE BVT/ POORE DYED AT LAST THO/ POORE I DYED YET RICH I HOPE/ TO LIVE IN HEAV'N ABOVE/ THAT WILL TRVE COMFORT/ GIVE DEATH IT IS CERTAINE/ AND LET ALL PREPAIRE/ FOR COME IT MAY WHEN/ YOV ARE VNAWARE." Below this, in the same style of writing, is an inscription that states "GEORGE BARLOWE OF/ PILKINGTON 1686."
Further inscriptions in normal-spaced lettering list: "Richard Barlow burd Dec 10/ 1728 James his Son Feb 27 1731/ Also Richard Barlow of Mofs Lane/ who departed this Life 7th/ April 1794 Aged 71 Years Also/ Thomas Barlow Son of the above/ Richard Barlow who departed this/ Life September 7th 1826 Aged 66 Years/ Also Ann his Wife who departed/ this Life February 8th 1855 Aged/ 81 Years."
Local climate
Barlowe 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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