York Cemetery Plot Number 13302 Knowlson Monument is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1997. Headstone.
York Cemetery Plot Number 13302 Knowlson Monument
- WRENN ID
- quartered-terrace-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1997
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- York Cemetery Plot Number 13302 Knowlson Monument, Cemetery Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 610 508
- Coordinates
- 53.94987, -1.07136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Knowlson Monument is a headstone located in York Cemetery, dating from around 1865. It commemorates members of the Knowlson family and is made of ashlar stone with copper inscription panels. The headstone features an ogee-headed stone slab that creates a moulded surround for two inscription panels, which are separated by a central rib that rises through the head of the slab. This rib is flanked by two addorsed crockets and is topped with a squat cross, which has moulded terminals adorned with ivy trails and a central boss that contains a defaced IHS symbol. The inscription at the top of the panels reads: "Have Mercy O Lord on the Souls of..." followed by the names of Sophia Knowlson, who died in 1863; James Mackrell, who died in 1854; Richard Knowlson, who died in 1869; James Knowlson, who died in 1919; and Mary Knowlson, who died in 1898. A Mr. Knowlson paid for the stone and engraving to the Cemetery Company in 1865.
Local climate
York Cemetery Plot Number 13302 Knowlson Monument sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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