2 Cast Iron Memorial Plates to John and Mary Ward Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Memorial plates.
2 Cast Iron Memorial Plates to John and Mary Ward Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- pale-clay-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Memorial plates
- OS grid reference
- SJ 612 051
- Coordinates
- 52.64261, -2.57355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two cast-iron memorial plates dedicated to John and Mary Ward, located approximately 1 metre south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. The memorial plates date from around 1750 and 1777 and are rectangular in shape. The northern plate features a swagged urn decoration at the top and commemorates Mary Ward, who died in 1750, along with her son Benjamin, who died in 1784, and her daughter Hannah, who died in 1800. The southern plate has a plain inscription and commemorates her husband John, who died in 1777, and their son Thomas, who died in 1816.
Local climate
2 Cast Iron Memorial Plates to John and Mary Ward Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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