Hix Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Monument.
Hix Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 476 260
- Coordinates
- 51.93103, -1.30887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hix memorial is a headstone located approximately 8 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Steeple Aston. Dating from around 1653, it is made of limestone and features a small stone with a moulded arched recess that surrounds a raised shield-shaped inscription panel. The inscription commemorates Joane Hix, who died in 1653. The reverse side of the stone also has a similar arched design along with the inscription "1653/IH".
Local climate
Hix Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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