Raised Grave Slab to Wraith Family, 15 Yards to South West of Towerof 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. Grave slab.
Raised Grave Slab to Wraith Family, 15 Yards to South West of Towerof Old Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- blind-bonework-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Grave slab
- OS grid reference
- SE 212 203
- Coordinates
- 53.67936, -1.68023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The raised grave slab to the Wraith family is located 15 yards southwest of the tower of the Old Church of St. Mary in Mirfield. This grave slab, set on a low stone plinth, dates from around 1847. It commemorates John Wraith, who died in 1817, Mary Wraith, who died in 1829, James Wraith, aged 77, and Anne Wraith, the second wife of John, aged 65, all of Water Royd House. The inscription details a tragic event: "The above aged couple with their servant girl were murdered in their own house on 12th May 1847 about 10 o'clock at noon by 2 Irishmen named Patrick Reid and Michael McCabe who travelled the neighbourhood selling small wares. Reid was executed at York and McCabe was transported for life for the above crime." The inscription also names two additional members of the Wraith family.
Local climate
Raised Grave Slab to Wraith Family, 15 Yards to South West of Towerof 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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