Row of 8 headstones and memorial cross 15 metres south of the Church of St. Mary of the Purification is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Memorial.
Row of 8 headstones and memorial cross 15 metres south of the Church of St. Mary of the Purification
- WRENN ID
- roaming-chimney-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 585 556
- Coordinates
- 53.09444, -1.12699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of eight headstones and a memorial cross are located 15 metres south of the Church of St. Mary of the Purification. The headstones date from the 14th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and are made of ashlar. The eight headstones from the 17th and 18th centuries feature arched or decoratively shaped heads. The memorial cross includes part of a 14th-century octagonal column, with the rest of the cross being from the 19th century.
Local climate
Row of 8 headstones and memorial cross 15 metres south of the Church of St. Mary of the Purification sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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