3 Chest Tombs to South of Dukinfield Old Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. Tomb.

3 Chest Tombs to South of Dukinfield Old Chapel

WRENN ID
crumbling-cellar-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne MP: Angela Rayner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1986
Type
Tomb
Address
3 Chest Tombs to South of Dukinfield Old Chapel, Old Road
OS grid reference
SJ 943 979
Coordinates
53.47829, -2.0864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are three chest tombs located to the south of Dukinfield Old Chapel, dating from the 18th century. They are made of ashlar stone and each features a moulded base. The first tomb has a slab with a Latin inscription dedicated to Samuel Angier, a minister who died in 1713. The second tomb, which has square corner urns, is inscribed to the Reverend William Buckley of Dukinfield, who died in 1752, along with his wife, son, and daughter. The third tomb is dedicated to William Dukinfield of Castle-Hill, who died in 1735.

Local climate

3 Chest Tombs to South of Dukinfield Old Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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