Headstone Approximately One Metre South of East Wall of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Headstone.

Headstone Approximately One Metre South of East Wall of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochford
Constituency
Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1988
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
TQ 934 883
Coordinates
51.5606, 0.78974
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This headstone, dated 1708, is located approximately one metre south of the east wall of the chancel at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Little Wakering, Barling Magna. It commemorates Thomas Wiggins and features a scrolled top with a skull and crossbones beneath it.

Local climate

Headstone Approximately One Metre South of East Wall of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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