The Tomb of Betty Jellicoe St Johns Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 2003. Tomb.
The Tomb of Betty Jellicoe St Johns Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- white-spire-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Harrow East MP: Bob Blackman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 2003
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 167 921
- Coordinates
- 51.616, -0.31579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Betty Jellicoe is located in St John's Churchyard and dates from 1911. Made of Carrara marble, the tomb features a design inspired by the Athenian stela, or grave-marker. It has a scallop-headed upright with a high relief carving of an angelic girl holding a posy of flowers and appearing to soar upwards. The inscription reads, "Gracious Saviour Gentle Shepherd / Little Ones are dear to Thee / Gathered with thine Arms and carried / In thy Bosom may she be / Sweetly fondly safely tended / From all want and Danger free."
Betty Jellicoe was the five-year-old daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe and his wife Florence. At the time of her death, Earl Jellicoe was serving as Commander of the Atlantic Fleet and later commanded the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. This memorial is notable for its emotional sentimentality and likely includes a portrait of the young girl. It also holds significant group value with the nearby tomb of W.S. Gilbert and the surrounding churchyard.
Local climate
The Tomb of Betty Jellicoe St Johns Churchyard sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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