Headstone Dated 1696 Approximately 14 Metres West of West End, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. Headstone.
Headstone Dated 1696 Approximately 14 Metres West of West End, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- drifting-niche-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 624 308
- Coordinates
- 51.97229, -1.09165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dated 1696, is located approximately 14 meters west of the west end of the Church of St. Michael in Newton Purcell. It is made of limestone and features scrolled shoulders adorned with a skull. The headstone includes an inscription along with the date.
Local climate
Headstone Dated 1696 Approximately 14 Metres West of West End, Church of St Michael 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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