Meadow Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1999. Grave marker.
Meadow Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- veiled-bonework-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1999
- Type
- Grave marker
- OS grid reference
- SD 365 186
- Coordinates
- 53.66025, -2.962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone and grave slab, located approximately 5 meters south of the nave of the Church of St Cuthbert, dates from around 1737 to 1740, with later alterations. It commemorates Elizabeth, the wife of William Meadow, and their son Richard, both of whom died in 1737, along with additional commemorations. The headstone is made of sandstone and features a rectangular slab with a shaped top. The inscription reads: "Here lyeth / Elizabeth wife of / Willm. Meadow and / Richard his son / was buryed ye 6th / of April 1737 / Mary wife of [illegible] / Meadow was buryed / May ye 4th 1754 / Jno Meadow died Sept / The 24th 1780 Ea 79." This headstone is part of a group that includes the Church of St Cuthbert, the Ball monument, and the Sutton monument.
Local climate
Meadow Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Cuthbert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 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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