Headstone to Anne Gibbs Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1985. Headstone.
Headstone to Anne Gibbs Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- sheer-cobalt-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 615 916
- Coordinates
- 51.62015, -1.11279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dating from around 1716, located approximately 2 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. Helen. It is made of stone and features a central inscribed panel with a relief archway supported by pilasters. These pilasters also hold figures blowing trumpets, and there is a winged head above the arch. The inscription reads: "Here lyeth the body of Anne, the wife of William Gibbs allis (sic) Hychings redhead (?) died November ye 17 1716 in the 31 year of her age."
Local climate
Headstone to Anne Gibbs Approximately 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Helen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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