Hempson Memorial and Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Werburgh is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Memorial.
Hempson Memorial and Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Werburgh
- WRENN ID
- mired-stronghold-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 013 469
- Coordinates
- 53.01943, -1.98132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hempson memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 10 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Werburgh in Kingsley. It commemorates Hanna Hempson, who died in 1840. The memorial is made of stone and features a two-tier stepped plinth, deeply fluted pilasters at the corners, and inset inscribed side panels. It has a moulded top slab, and remnants of a kerb from a formerly railed enclosure can still be seen.
Local climate
Hempson Memorial and Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Werburgh receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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