Jane Greaves Graveslab in Churchyard, Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel Door of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. Grave slab.
Jane Greaves Graveslab in Churchyard, Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel Door of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-cinder-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1988
- Type
- Grave slab
- OS grid reference
- SE 246 033
- Coordinates
- 53.52591, -1.6294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jane Greaves graveslab, located in the churchyard approximately 2 metres east of the chancel door of the Church of St. John, dates from around 1703. This ornamental stone slab features a well-cut inscription that reads, "Here was interred......Jane, wife of John Greaves of Penistone and daughter to John Priest of Snoddenhill...also......John Greaves, died 1719". The slab has an elaborate central panel that includes the date and the initials J.G., along with a heart-shaped scroll in relief at the center. The border of the stone is also carved in relief, adorned with scrolls and vines.
Local climate
Jane Greaves Graveslab in Churchyard, Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel Door of Church of St John receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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