Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South of East Bay of Nave, in St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South of East Bay of Nave, in St Mary's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- fossil-bracket-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 951 298
- Coordinates
- 51.95897, -0.61657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone, made of limestone, is located approximately 2 meters south of the east bay of the nave in St Mary's churchyard. It dates back to around 1711 and was erected by Hezekiah Walker of London, a plumber, in memory of his beloved mother and father. The inscription commemorates Thomas Walker of Leighton, who died on May 4, 1705, at the age of 77, and mentions his wife Ann, though part of the text is illegible. The upper part of the headstone features carved decorations, including a pick and shovel surmounted by two skulls, flanked by winged hourglasses with trumpets and a scythe, all framed by scrollwork carving along the upper edges.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South of East Bay of Nave, in St Mary's Churchyard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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