Hoppers Memorial approximately 20 metres east south east of the chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Memorial.
Hoppers Memorial approximately 20 metres east south east of the chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- endless-passage-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Hoppers Memorial approximately 20 metres east south east of the chancel of Church of St Mary, TN11 0DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 635 496
- Coordinates
- 51.22295, 0.34002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hoppers Memorial is located approximately 20 metres east-south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary in Hadlow. This memorial commemorates 30 hop pickers who drowned in 1853. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a short obelisk on a projecting base. The square section shaft has a moulded base on a one-step plinth, which includes sockets for iron area railings. The base is inscribed in capital letters around its sides.
On the southern side, the inscription states:
"This Monument was erected by public subscription in memory of the Thirty hop pickers who were drowned at the Hart Lake Bridge in a flood of the River Medway on the 20th October, 1853, and whose bodies were buried in this churchyard. In the midst of life we are in death."
The other three sides list the names and ages of the victims, who ranged from 18 to 50 years old, along with four infants under 6 years old, including 16 members of the Leatherhead family. It is reported that the hop pickers were in a cart when the horse encountered difficulties on the bridge, leading to them being swept into the swollen river. There were eleven survivors.
Local climate
Hoppers Memorial approximately 20 metres east south east of the chancel of Church of St Mary 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 lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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