Scattered Group of 4 C18 Headstones Between 6-18 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstones.

Scattered Group of 4 C18 Headstones Between 6-18 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Headstones
Address
Scattered Group of 4 C18 Headstones Between 6-18 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst Hill, TN3 0NL
OS grid reference
TQ 553 414
Coordinates
51.1512, 0.22038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of four 18th-century headstones located between 6 and 18 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. All four headstones are upright sandstone slabs, standing between 300 and 600 millimeters high. The closest headstone to the church is the smallest, featuring a head that curves over a carved rosette. It bears an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of William Camfield in 1767. Another similar headstone commemorates Elizabeth Weller, who died in 1770. The third headstone has a double curvilinear shaped head, each side inscribed with crossed arrows above a fielded panel, and it commemorates John Richardson (the date of burial is not specified). The fourth headstone has a shaped head inscribed with crossed arrows flanked by hearts, recording the death of Thomas Dine in 1763.

Local climate

Scattered Group of 4 C18 Headstones Between 6-18 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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