Headstone to ?Williamson Circa 6 Yards West of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. Headstone.
Headstone to ?Williamson Circa 6 Yards West of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- over-bonework-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1984
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 844 582
- Coordinates
- 51.2937, 0.64429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located approximately 6 yards west of the Church of St. Margaret. It dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century and is made of stone. The headstone features an exaggeratedly shaped top with a skull incised at the apex. The inscription, which appears to be related to a person named Williamson, was largely illegible at the time of the last survey.
Local climate
Headstone to ?Williamson Circa 6 Yards West of Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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