Three headstones at Wheelbarrow Town Baptist burial ground is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 2012. Burial ground.
Three headstones at Wheelbarrow Town Baptist burial ground
- WRENN ID
- secret-doorway-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 2012
- Type
- Burial ground
- OS grid reference
- TR 149 459
- Coordinates
- 51.1726, 1.07386
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The three headstones at Wheelbarrow Town Baptist burial ground are arranged closely together beneath a Yew tree. The central headstone is the largest and simplest, featuring a curved top with small semi-circular 'ears' on either side. The inscription reads:
Sarah Wife of Phineas Shrubsole / and Daughter of / Thomas and Sarah Fagg / who departed this life January 12 / 1789 aged 66 years.
A second inscription is partially illegible but includes the phrases: 'joining our son' and 'Phineas'.
To the left is the headstone of Sarah Fagg, which is adorned with three skulls carved in relief at the top. Its inscription states:
Here lie thy Body / of Sarah Wife of Thos / Fagg Who Died Nov / 19 1736 Aged 50 Yea.
On the right is the headstone of Thomas Fagg, featuring a cherub's head and scrolled decoration carved in relief along the top. The inscription reads:
Here lieth the Body of / Thomas Fagg who left / Issue 1 Son and Daughter Viz: / Tho & Sarah he departed / this life April 11 1764 / Aged 75 Years. / I'm only gone a little while before / Prepare, prepare to follow me there.
Local climate
Three headstones at Wheelbarrow Town Baptist burial ground receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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