Church of St Giles, Flaxman Memorial Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel South East Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Headstone.
Church of St Giles, Flaxman Memorial Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel South East Corner
- WRENN ID
- woven-loft-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 544 131
- Coordinates
- 51.81455, -1.2114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Giles features the Flaxman memorial, located approximately 3 meters east of the southeast corner of the chancel. This headstone, dating from around 1651, is made of limestone and has a small, plain design with a triple-arched head. The inscription on the memorial commemorates Anne Flaxman, who died in 1651.
Local climate
Church of St Giles, Flaxman Memorial Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel South East Corner 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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