Working Men's Monument in Burial Ground to South of Milnes Orangery is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Monument.

Working Men's Monument in Burial Ground to South of Milnes Orangery

WRENN ID
mired-steel-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1979
Type
Monument
Address
Working Men's Monument in Burial Ground to South of Milnes Orangery, Back Lane, WF1 2TG
OS grid reference
SE 328 207
Coordinates
53.68239, -1.50483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Working Men's Monument, dated 1850, is located in the burial ground to the south of the Milnes Orangery (Unitarian Chapel Hall) on Back Lane. It features a broken column set on a tall plinth, which has an inscription panel that reads: "WORKING MEN'S MONUMENT." This monument was erected through voluntary contributions from 999 residents of Wakefield and the surrounding area in memory of Joseph Horner Jr, a corn miller, as a testament to the high respect and esteem in which he was held for his unwavering advocacy of the religious, moral, social, and political rights and liberties of the people.

Local climate

Working Men's Monument in Burial Ground to South of Milnes Orangery receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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