Group of Three Grave Slabs (Dixon) Approximately 5 Metres South of South Chapel Door of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1987. Grave slabs.
Group of Three Grave Slabs (Dixon) Approximately 5 Metres South of South Chapel Door of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1987
- Type
- Grave slabs
- OS grid reference
- SE 285 079
- Coordinates
- 53.56737, -1.57098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three grave slabs located approximately 5 metres south of the south chapel door of the Church of All Saints. The slabs date from the 1680s, around 1716, and around 1740, and are made of sandstone.
The first slab is plain with arched decoration at the top. It commemorates Ann, the wife of Thomas Dixon, who died on 26th February 168?, and also Thomas Dixon, Yeoman, who died on 25th May 1714 at the age of 65 years. Additionally, it mentions Thomas, son of George and Olive Dixon of Clay Hall, Yeoman.
The second slab features simple decoration on the sides and bottom, with arched decoration at the top. It is dedicated to George Dixon of Clay Hall, Yeoman, who died on 16th May 1716 at the age of 41 years and 7 months. A short poem and further dedications follow.
The third slab has a moulded surround and arched decoration at the top. It is in memory of John, the son of John and Ann Dickson of Clay Hall, who died on 26th May 1740 at the age of 10 months. It also lists further sons and daughters: Timothy, who died in 1744 at the age of 6 years, and Ann and Olive Dixon, who died in infancy, as well as Alice, who died in 1751 at the age of 1 year and 7 months.
Local climate
Group of Three Grave Slabs (Dixon) Approximately 5 Metres South of South Chapel Door of Church of All Saints receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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