Group of 8 Headstones North of Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Headstones.

Group of 8 Headstones North of Church of St Helen

WRENN ID
iron-pier-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1986
Type
Headstones
Address
Group of 8 Headstones North of Church of St Helen, Kirkland
OS grid reference
SD 481 428
Coordinates
53.879, -2.79002
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of eight headstones from the 18th century is located north of the Church of St Helen. These headstones are made of sandstone and feature various inscriptions, including: 'MG 1726'; 'IW 1726'; 'AG 1724'; 'IG 1727'; 'MW 1727 M- 1727'; 'IB 1734'; ' - MASON 175- -MASON 1755'; and 'RC 1727'.

Local climate

Group of 8 Headstones North of Church of St Helen sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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