Billy Bray's Grave at Approx 4m South of Baldhu Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. A Late C19 Grave.
Billy Bray's Grave at Approx 4m South of Baldhu Church
- WRENN ID
- tangled-span-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Grave
- OS grid reference
- SW 772 431
- Coordinates
- 50.24636, -5.12628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Billy Bray's Grave is located approximately 4 meters south of Baldhu Church. It features a memorial obelisk made of finely dressed granite, dating from the late 19th century, dedicated to Billy Bray, who died in 1868. The grave is rectangular with a low chamfered border and an obelisk on an inscribed pedestal that has a moulded base and cornice at the west end.
The east side of the obelisk bears an inscription in thick grotesque lettering that reads: "IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM BETTER KNOWN AS BILLY BRAY WHO DIED AT TWELVEHEADS, MAY 25TH 1868 AGED 73 YEARS." The south side inscription states: "BY HIS SANCTIFIED WIT, CHRISTIAN SIMPLICITY, FERVENT FAITH AND MANY SELF-DENYING LABOURS, HE COMMENDED HIMSELF TO A WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WHILE LIVING, AND THE PUBLISHED RECORD SINCE HIS DEATH OF HIS MEMORABLE SAYINGS AND DOINGS HAS MADE HIS NAME FAMILIAR AS A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN OUR OWN AND OTHER LANDS." The north side inscription notes: "HE WAS A LOCAL PREACHER WITH THE BIBLE CHRISTIANS FORTY-THREE YEARS."
Adjacent to this grave is the grave of Sarah, the wife of James Bray.
Local climate
Billy Bray's Grave at Approx 4m South of Baldhu Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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