Tomb of Richard Honey and George Francis at St Paul's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 2000. Tomb.
Tomb of Richard Honey and George Francis at St Paul's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- third-mullion-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 233 784
- Coordinates
- 51.49157, -0.225
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Richard Honey and George Francis is located at St. Paul's Churchyard and dates from around 1821. It is made of Portland stone and features a segmental top. The headstone bears a long, well-cut inscription commemorating Richard Honey, a carpenter, and George Francis, a bricklayer, who were shot dead in 1821 during the funeral procession of Queen Caroline of Brunswick. This event led to a significant demonstration against King George IV as the body was transported from Hammersmith to Germany. The headstone was erected by the trades of the two men. The epitaph concludes with the lines: "Victims like these have fallen in every age / Stretch of pow'r or party's cruel rage / Until even handed justice comes at last / To amend the future and avenge the past." This well-carved headstone holds considerable historic interest.
Local climate
Tomb of Richard Honey and George Francis at St Paul's Churchyard 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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