Raised Graveslab (Hawksworth) Approximately 30 Metres North West of Tower 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. Graveslab.
Raised Graveslab (Hawksworth) Approximately 30 Metres North West of Tower of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- grim-merlon-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1987
- Type
- Graveslab
- OS grid reference
- SE 290 058
- Coordinates
- 53.54861, -1.56314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This raised graveslab, dating from around 1763, is located approximately 30 metres northwest of the tower of the Church of All Saints in Hawksworth. It is made of sandstone and features two incised arched panels adorned with a relief of vines. The left panel commemorates Sarah, the wife of Joshua Hawksworth, who died on 3rd October 1736 at the age of 46. The right panel is dedicated to Joshua Hawksworth Senior of Silkstone, a yeoman who passed away on 14th April 1762 at the age of 73. Additionally, there is an inscription for Rebekah, the wife of Joshua Hawksworth, who died on 7th February 1763 at the age of 70, along with further inscriptions from 1803 and 1818.
Local climate
Raised Graveslab (Hawksworth) Approximately 30 Metres North West of Tower of Church of All Saints 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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