Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South East of South Porch and 8 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. A C17 Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South East of South Porch and 8 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- high-forge-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 449 148
- Coordinates
- 51.83015, -1.3496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from the late 17th century, is located approximately 7 meters southeast of the south porch and 8 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. Martin in Bladon. It is made of limestone and features a skull at the top, which is set in a scrolled design. The headstone commemorates William Hopkins, who died in 1682. The inscription reads: "Reader upon me cast thine eye/as thou are heare now so was I/but death of me a debt did claime/I paid it, thou must do the same."
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South East of South Porch and 8 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Martin 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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