Gravestone of Edward Booth, Hull Western Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 2017. Gravestone.
Gravestone of Edward Booth, Hull Western Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- rooted-moat-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham MP: Dame Diana Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 2017
- Type
- Gravestone
- Address
- Gravestone of Edward Booth, Hull Western Cemetery, Spring Bank West, HU5 3LZ
- OS grid reference
- TA 075 296
- Coordinates
- 53.75194, -0.37066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gravestone of Edward Booth, located in Hull Western Cemetery, was erected in 1906 and is made of Yorkstone. It features a lancet shape set into a stone plinth, with a chamfered upper surface. The lancet has lugged edges and chamfered sides adorned with nailhead motifs. Ivy is intricately carved in intaglio along the arch of the lancet, and a relief carving of a NER Worsdell Class ‘D22’ 4-4-0 locomotive No 85 is displayed within a recessed panel. The inscription reads: "IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DEAR SON / EDWARD BOOTH, / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED / ON THE N.E.RY AT ULLESKELF, / NOV. 24TH 1906, / AGED 25 YEARS. / I KNOW NOT WHAT AWAITS ME, / GOD KINDLY VEILS MINE EYES. / ALSO ANN, / THE BELOVED MOTHER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED JULY 29TH 1912, / AGED 72 YEARS. / PEACE PERFECT PEACE." The reverse side of the gravestone is plain and unadorned.
Local climate
Gravestone of Edward Booth, Hull Western Cemetery receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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