Grave Slab in the Angle with the Tower and South West Aisle of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Grave slab.
Grave Slab in the Angle with the Tower and South West Aisle of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-kitchen-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1986
- Type
- Grave slab
- Address
- Grave Slab in the Angle with the Tower and South West Aisle of Church of St Peter, Church View, Thorner
- OS grid reference
- SE 379 405
- Coordinates
- 53.85964, -1.42413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grave slab, dating from around 1503, is a memorial to William and Elizabeth Netilton and is located in the angle between the tower and the south-west aisle of the Church of St. Peter. Made of ashlar, the slab is broken into two pieces with a missing south-west corner. It features an incised slipped cross and a damaged marginal inscription that reads: "Orate pro Willi Netilton valecit' dni Regis Eduardi." The inscription is noted to be much damaged and has been quoted by Kirk as "quarti qui obii5 ... "Elizabeth uxon's quae obiit...di aplis a dni MDIII." The text is carved in fine raised Gothic script. It appears that the word "valecit" was mistakenly carved instead of "valecti," which comes from "valettus," meaning yeoman. This grave likely belongs to William Nettleton, who became the park-keeper of Roundhay in 1488 and was succeeded by Sir John Nevell by February 21, 1503. He held the lease of the manor of Thorner during the reign of Henry VII. This slab is the oldest monument still present in either the church or the churchyard.
Local climate
Grave Slab in the Angle with the Tower and South West Aisle of Church of St Peter receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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