Grave monument to W.E Henley at St John the Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Grave monument to W.E Henley at St John the Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- ancient-plinth-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Grave monument to W.E Henley at St John the Baptist Church, Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley
- OS grid reference
- TL 256 496
- Coordinates
- 52.13052, -0.16638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The grave monument to W.E. Henley is located at St John the Baptist Church and was created in 1903. It features a memorial slab dedicated to his daughter Margaret, which is set into the rear of the monument. The structure is made of stone and includes metal panels with low relief sculpture. It is designed in the form of a primitive Doric aedicule. W.E. Henley was a well-known poet, and his ashes, along with those of his wife, are buried in the grave of his daughter Margaret, who is also interred in the churchyard. Margaret served as the inspiration for 'Wendy' in J.M. Barrie's story of Peter Pan.
Local climate
Grave monument to W.E Henley at St John the Baptist Church 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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