Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South East of South Aisle of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South East of South Aisle of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- over-hearth-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TL 328 124
- Coordinates
- 51.79478, -0.07562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from 1711, is located approximately 10 meters southeast of the south aisle of the Church of All Saints in Hertford. It is made of carved Portland stone and features incised inscriptions on both the front and back. The headstone is designed in a naive Baroque style, topped with a pediment and raised scrollwork above the phrase 'memento mori'.
The front inscription honors Mrs. Honor East, the wife of William East, who died in 1711 at the age of 43. It describes her as "one of those prudent wives whose virtue obliged a good report." The reverse side is chamfered and later inscribed to her husband, Mr. MW East, who passed away in 1721 at the age of 55. His inscription notes that he was "a tender master many years to ye poor children of Christ's Hospital London, kept in this town." Although the inscriptions are worn, they are fully documented in Turnor's history from 1830. It is possible that the headstone was moved during the church's rebuilding between 1891 and 1893, as Turnor places it north of the church.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South East of South Aisle of Church of All Saints 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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