Laura Janet Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Fylde local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 2015. Memorial.
Laura Janet Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- dusk-wattle-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fylde
- Constituency
- Fylde MP: Mr Andrew Snowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SD 326 293
- Coordinates
- 53.7565, -3.02298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laura Janet Memorial Cross is a red sandstone memorial located in the churchyard of St Annes Parish. It was sculpted by W B Rhind and unveiled in 1887 to honor the five crew members of the lifeboat Laura Janet, who lost their lives during an attempted rescue of the crew of the German barque Mexico, which was adrift in the Ribble estuary on December 9, 1886.
This memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross, approximately 2.5 meters tall, set on a stepped and tapering plinth, which itself stands on a stone base embedded in the ground. The shaft of the cross features interlaced decoration on its east face. Beneath the cross head is a panel that bears the inscription: 'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES TIMS / AGED 43 YEARS / RUEBEN M TIMS / AGED 30 THOMAS / BONNEY AGED 35 / JAMES DOBSON / AGED 23 THOMAS / PARKINSON AGED / 28 MEMBERS OF / THE ST ANNES / LIFEBOAT CREW / WHO PERISHED IN / THE ATTEMPT TO / RESCUE THE CREW / OF THE MEXICO THE / NIGHT OF DECEMBER / 9TH 1886 / GREATER LOVE / HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS THAT A MAN / LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS / ST JOHN XV 13 / ERECTED BY PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION'.
The grave of the five crew members is a double plot, featuring a stone slab and grass, with stone edging on either side. The memorial cross is centrally positioned on the stone slab.
Local climate
Laura Janet Memorial Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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