Group of 4 Headstones and 1 Footstone Approximately 2 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Monument.
Group of 4 Headstones and 1 Footstone Approximately 2 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- scarred-brass-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 192 579
- Coordinates
- 51.30856, -0.29012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four small monumental headstones and one footstone, all from the early 18th century, is located approximately 2 metres south-west of the porch of the Church of St Giles in Ashtead Park. These headstones are made of limestone and are arranged in a row.
From left to right, they commemorate:
(1) Elizabeth Bickley, who died in 1721. Her headstone has a shaped top and features an elegantly lettered inscription, including the couplet "Lo, Here Man's Fare Either Soon or Late."
(2) Ann Bickley, who died in 1719. Her headstone also has a shaped top and an elegantly lettered inscription, which includes the couplet "My eerly blast Bids no time waste."
(3) Margaret, the wife of Will Thorne, who died in 1704. This headstone has a swan-neck top and features an elegantly lettered inscription that includes a verse.
Approximately 2 metres west of these is the headstone and footstone of:
(4) John Watkin, who died in 1723. This headstone is similar to the others but includes a carved skull-and-cross-bones above the inscription, along with a small shaped footstone inscribed "JW 1723."
Local climate
Group of 4 Headstones and 1 Footstone Approximately 2 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Giles 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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