Adkins Memorial Approximately 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Monument.
Adkins Memorial Approximately 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- carved-brick-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 471 353
- Coordinates
- 52.01487, -1.3149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Adkins Memorial is a headstone located approximately 4 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Adderbury. It dates from around 1663 and is made of marlstone. The memorial features a recessed inscription panel beneath a scrolled head, which is flanked by drapery. The inscription commemorates John Adkins (or Odkins), who died in 1663. The reverse side of the headstone includes a verse and the date.
Local climate
Adkins Memorial Approximately 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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