Monument to William Green situated 25 metres from Church of St Mary in Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to William Green situated 25 metres from Church of St Mary in Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- pitched-tracery-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TF 689 419
- Coordinates
- 52.94854, 0.51293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Green is a headstone located 25 metres from the Church of St Mary in the churchyard of Old Hunstanton. It dates from 1784 and is made of limestone. The headstone features a segmental arched top and is adorned with a cherub surrounded by flower sprays. The inscription reads, "Here be the mangled remains of poor William Green an Honest Officer of Government who/in the faithful discharge of his duty/was inhumanely murdered/by a gang of smugglers in this parish." This monument is noted for its social historical interest.
Local climate
Monument to William Green situated 25 metres from Church of St Mary in Churchyard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Gates and Gatepiers to Hunstanton Park
- 66 Church Road
- 62 and 63 Church Road
- Gate Pier and Wall at Hunstanton Hall
- Cottage, Hunstanton Hall, Stable Court
- Stable Court to North of Hunstanton Hall
- Game Larder to North of Hunstanton Hall
- Barn to North East of Hunstanton Hall