Headstone of Thomas and Richard Merrey in Haughton Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Headstone.
Headstone of Thomas and Richard Merrey in Haughton Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- woven-jade-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SJ 865 204
- Coordinates
- 52.78166, -2.20044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone of Thomas and Richard Merrey is located in Haughton Churchyard, on the south side of St Giles Church. It is a well-crafted stone headstone commemorating Thomas Merrey, who died in 1764, and his brother Richard Merrey, who died in 1798.
Local climate
Headstone of Thomas and Richard Merrey in Haughton Churchyard receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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