Tablet Fixed to Tower of Old Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Monument.
Tablet Fixed to Tower of Old Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- unlit-railing-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Tablet Fixed to Tower of Old Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Mirfield
- OS grid reference
- SE 211 204
- Coordinates
- 53.67969, -1.68071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A stone tablet fixed to the tower of the Old Church of St. Mary in Mirfield, dated 1745, commemorates the charitable benefactors of the church, school, and poor of the parish. The inscription details various donations, including £20 from an unknown donor for the poor, £1 per annum from Nathaniel Waterhouse for the poor, and £5.10 per annum from Richard Thorpe for the school. Other contributions include £2 per annum from Joseph Ledgard for the school and the poor, £10 per annum from Richard Beaumont for apprentices, and various amounts from Robert Holdsworth and Thomas Holdsworth for the vicar, clerk, and school. The tablet also mentions a £10 donation from Richard Northorp for the poor and £2 from Lady Elizabeth Hastings for a monthly sacrament. The names of the church wardens are listed but are illegible. The inscription concludes with biblical references: Titus 3:8 and Revelation 14:13, urging the reader to act likewise.
Local climate
Tablet Fixed to Tower of Old Church of St Mary receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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