Williams Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2003. Tomb.

Williams Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery

WRENN ID
fading-hall-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 2003
Type
Tomb
Address
Williams Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road
OS grid reference
ST 607 715
Coordinates
51.44196, -2.56549
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Williams Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery is a tomb dedicated to Joseph Williams, who died in 1849. It features a marble tapering pedestal adorned with a relief of the Pelican in her piety, which depicts the bird drawing blood from her chest to feed her young. The weathered epitaph indicates that Williams was a surgeon who succumbed while caring for patients during the severe cholera epidemic of 1849. This Christian symbol of self-sacrifice is fitting for a victim of England's last major outbreak of cholera. The monument is listed for its historical interest.

Local climate

Williams Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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