William Smith Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1989. Monument.
William Smith Memorial
- WRENN ID
- burning-portal-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1989
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- William Smith Memorial, Churchill
- OS grid reference
- SP 282 242
- Coordinates
- 51.91633, -1.59046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William Smith Memorial is a monument built in 1891 for the Earl of Ducie in memory of William Smith. It features a large monolith set on a base of two large square steps, made from local stone. An iron plate on the east side of the monolith states, "In memory of William Smith, the Father of British Geology. Born at Churchill March 23, 1769. Died at Northampton August 28, 1839. Erected by the Earl of Ducie 1891."
Local climate
William Smith Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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