Pair of Headstones Approximately 15 Metres South of South East Angle of South Aisle, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. Headstone.
Pair of Headstones Approximately 15 Metres South of South East Angle of South Aisle, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- roaming-flue-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TL 259 473
- Coordinates
- 52.11015, -0.16246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of headstones, made of limestone, is located approximately 15 meters south of the southeast angle of the south aisle of the Church of St Peter. Both headstones face east. The southern headstone commemorates Ann, the wife of Tho Edward of Croyden, who died on August 24, 1706. It features a roughly oval-shaped inscription panel surrounded by deeply carved foliate scrollwork, with the top cresting including a skull. The northern headstone marks the burial of Mary, the wife of John Tid, who was buried on May 27, 1700. She was the daughter of Thomas Edwards and Ann, his wife. This headstone bears the inscription "Such as I am so must you therefore prepare to follow," and is similarly adorned with deeply carved scrollwork, with cresting that includes a skull and cross-bones, a coffin lid, and an hour-glass.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones Approximately 15 Metres South of South East Angle of South Aisle, Church of St Peter sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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