Two Chest Tombs and Two Tomb Stones Forming A Group 2 Metres South of the Chancel to the Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1988. Tomb group.

Two Chest Tombs and Two Tomb Stones Forming A Group 2 Metres South of the Chancel to the Parish Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
eastward-casement-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1988
Type
Tomb group
OS grid reference
TL 159 892
Coordinates
52.48896, -0.29349
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two chest tombs and two tombstones are located 2 metres south of the chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary. These tombs date from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and are made of limestone.

The first chest tomb features a deep chamfered monolithic lid and is inscribed with the words 'HERE LYETH THE BODY OF WILLIAM RANDOL LATE OF STILTON YEOMAN WHO DEPARTED THIS ---E THE - OF SEPTEMBER 1613'. The second chest tomb has a chamfered cover and plinth, with corner pilasters that display a Greek fret motif. It is inscribed to Bratfield Pitts from 1826 and to Ann Pitts from 1820.

The first tombstone has a shaped head with a carved angel head and wings, inscribed to John, son of John Seymour, from 1739. The second tombstone features a segmental head, an oval medallion, and a shaped plaque, although the inscription is unclear.

Local climate

Two Chest Tombs and Two Tomb Stones Forming A Group 2 Metres South of the Chancel to the Parish Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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