Group of 9 Raised Slabs Approximately 6 Metres South South East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Group of raised slabs.
Group of 9 Raised Slabs Approximately 6 Metres South South East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- veiled-rampart-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley MP: Mark Sewards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Group of raised slabs
- OS grid reference
- SE 263 280
- Coordinates
- 53.74773, -1.60116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of nine raised stone slabs located approximately 6 meters south of the southeast corner of the Church of St. Mary. The slabs are arranged in three rows. The first row is dated 1704, the second row includes dates from 1684, 1679, 1674, 1675, 1677, and 1680, and the third row is dated 1725 and 1743. The slabs are made of ashlar and are set on panelled bases.
In the first row, there is a tomb for "Mercy wife of John Margerison of Drighlington," who died on April 12, 1704, aged 63. This tomb features a decoratively-carved border with an hourglass at the base and cross-bones at the impost of the arch, along with a face at the top and winged-head-angel spandrels. The second row contains tombs for "John Scubb of Houlbeck," who died on May 10, 1684; "Elizabeth Scubb wife of John Scubb of Hague Hall," who died in February 1679; a tomb dated 1674; "Samuel Baily Minister of the Gospel at Morley and Topcliffe," who died on December 6, 1675; "John Halliday," who died on October 23, 1677; and "Robert Pickeringe Preacher of the Gospell att Morley," who died on October 11, 1680. Each stone in this row has a carved heart motif along with initials and dates. The stones dated 1674 and 1675 have decoratively-carved borders.
In the third row, the tombs are for "Mary wife of Johnathan Fothergill of Morley," who died in 1725, and "Elizabeth wife of Robert Park," who died on October 13, 1743. Both of these tombs feature similar channelled surrounds with arched heads, imposts, and skull keystones, with spandrels that have trumpeting angels carved in high relief.
This group of slabs is considered the most important in the graveyard.
Local climate
Group of 9 Raised Slabs Approximately 6 Metres South South East of Church of St Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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