Group of 4 Headstones Approximately 1 Metre North of North Aisle of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Headstone.
Group of 4 Headstones Approximately 1 Metre North of North Aisle of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- steep-quartz-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 496 286
- Coordinates
- 51.95405, -1.27828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of four headstones dates from around 1700 and is located approximately 1 metre north of the north aisle of the Church of St. James. Made of marlstone, the headstones are small and feature shield-shaped panels below shaped heads. Each head features a cross standing on a skull, flanked by crossed bones. The inscriptions on the headstones are partly illegible but include the dates 1692, 1695, and 1704. The use of the cross is quite unusual before the mid-19th century and may suggest a connection to Recusant practices.
Local climate
Group of 4 Headstones Approximately 1 Metre North of North Aisle of Church of St James 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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