Headstone to Anna Ward About Four Metres South of the Church of St Chad is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Headstone to Anna Ward About Four Metres South of the Church of St Chad
- WRENN ID
- dusted-postern-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Headstone to Anna Ward About Four Metres South of the Church of St Chad, Church Lane, Boningale
- OS grid reference
- SJ 811 025
- Coordinates
- 52.62067, -2.27959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Anna Ward, who was the wife of Thomas Ward and died in 1767. It is made of sandstone and is located about four meters south of the Church of St. Chad. The headstone features a moulded, curved top with a crudely carved face of a winged angel and intertwined leaf decoration above the inscription. The lower part of the inscription reads: "Afflictions Sore Long time I bore/ Physicians were in vain/ Till God was pleased to give me ease/ And freed me from my pain."
Local climate
Headstone to Anna Ward About Four Metres South of the Church of St Chad receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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