Hamar Memorial Approximately 13 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Tomb.

Hamar Memorial Approximately 13 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St George

WRENN ID
slow-iron-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1985
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SO 300 805
Coordinates
52.41879, -3.02999
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hamar Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 13 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St George, dating from around 1830 to 1835. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a moulded plinth, sunken panels, a moulded cornice, and a concave capping topped with a swagged urn-finial. The memorial commemorates Moses Hamar, who died in 1835, Edith Hamar, who died in 1838, and their seven children, who all died in 1811. The inscription reads: "The above children of Moses and Edith Hamar/of Colestay in this Parish were all/carried off by a Putrid Fever with/ awful rapidity in the short space of/Three Weeks - a sad instance of the/ uncertainty of human life."

Local climate

Hamar Memorial Approximately 13 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St George receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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