Rebecca Poor Memorial in St Marys Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1993. Memorial.
Rebecca Poor Memorial in St Marys Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- standing-hall-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1993
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Rebecca Poor Memorial in St Marys Churchyard, St Marys Lane, Hertford
- OS grid reference
- TL 308 119
- Coordinates
- 51.79072, -0.10398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rebecca Poor Memorial is located in St Mary's Churchyard in Hertingfordbury and dates from 1829. This memorial is made of Portland stone and features a truncated obelisk that rests on a two-stage pedestal, which is set on a slab covering a vault. The pedestal is panelled and includes inscriptions, while the upper stage has recessed panels that are adorned with relief carvings of urns and swags. The obelisk has a roll and scotia moulded base and is inscribed with the names of Rebecca Poor, who died in 1829, along with her husband Jesse Poor, who died in 1841, and their daughter Elizabeth Poor. At the top of the monument, there is an urn with a flame finial. The memorial stands approximately 20 meters southeast of the south porch of the church.
Local climate
Rebecca Poor Memorial in St Marys Churchyard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% 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 55% 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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