Church of St Mary Magdalene Walker Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Headstone.
Church of St Mary Magdalene Walker Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- high-shingle-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 457 284
- Coordinates
- 51.95279, -1.33613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene features a Walker memorial located approximately 3 meters south of the chancel. This headstone dates from around 1624 and is made of marlstone. It is a simple, small stone with a cambered head. The inscription commemorates Katherin Walker, who died in 1624. The rear of the headstone has a fluted top and is also inscribed with the date 1624.
Local climate
Church of St Mary Magdalene Walker Memorial Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- 3 Headstone Approximately 2 Metres South of East Bay of Nave, in St Mary's Churchyard
- 4 Headstone Dated 1686 Approximately 20 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Mary Magdalene
- 5 Memorial to J Walker One Metre South of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist
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