Martyr's Monument in St Edmund's Chartered Graveyard is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Martyr's Monument in St Edmund's Chartered Graveyard

WRENN ID
inner-brick-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Martyr's Monument in St Edmund's Chartered Graveyard, East Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 546 739
Coordinates
51.44363, 0.22371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Martyr's Monument in St Edmund's Chartered Graveyard was erected in 1851 to commemorate Christopher Ward, a linen weaver from Dartford, who was a Protestant burned on Dartford Brent on July 19th, 1555. The monument also honors Nicholas Hall and Margery Pollen, who were both burned in 1555. This stone memorial is designed in the shape of a spire and features buttresses on a knapped flint plinth, which is surrounded by iron spear railings.

Local climate

Martyr's Monument in St Edmund's Chartered Graveyard 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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