Tombstone of Micah Salt in Buxton Cemetery, Tomb No.2798 is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1997. Tombstone.
Tombstone of Micah Salt in Buxton Cemetery, Tomb No.2798
- WRENN ID
- open-vestry-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1997
- Type
- Tombstone
- Address
- Tombstone of Micah Salt in Buxton Cemetery, Tomb No.2798, Ashbourne Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 067 720
- Coordinates
- 53.24524, -1.9003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombstone of Micah Salt, located in Buxton Cemetery, was created in 1915. It features a carved gritstone cross and base, accompanied by a shaped marble kerbstone surrounding the plot. The design is a replica of an Anglo-Saxon cross found in Eyam cemetery. The cross stands on a tapering shaft with a shaped base. The east face of the cross displays carved angels at each arm and a central roundel. The shaft has rolled edges and five panels; the first two panels depict the Virgin Mary with the infant Christ, while the remaining panels feature interlace patterns resembling strapwork. The west face includes carved figures at the cross head and a vine scroll motif along the shaft. Both the north and south faces are adorned with a similar scroll motif. The shaped kerbstone attached to the base bears the inscriptions: "Micah Salt of Buxton 1847-1915 REST IN PEACE. MARIA SALT 1857-1927. Louise Anne Salt DIED Jan 1st 1953. GERALD AUSTEN SALT D. Jan 15th 1915 aged 13 years." Micah Salt was a well-known archaeologist from Buxton.
Local climate
Tombstone of Micah Salt in Buxton Cemetery, Tomb No.2798 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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