2 Thomas Headstones, Bilkey Headstone and 2 Other Headstones at East End of South Aisle of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Headstones.

2 Thomas Headstones, Bilkey Headstone and 2 Other Headstones at East End of South Aisle of Church of St Maddern

WRENN ID
solemn-flint-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Type
Headstones
Address
2 Thomas Headstones, Bilkey Headstone and 2 Other Headstones at East End of South Aisle of Church of St Maddern, Madron
OS grid reference
SW 453 318
Coordinates
50.13157, -5.56456
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two Thomas headstones, a Bilkey headstone, and two other headstones located at the east end of the south aisle of the Church of St Maddern. These headstones date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are attached to the church wall, with two additional headstones nearby. The inscriptions on the headstones include: William Thomas of Trengwainton, who died in 1781 at the age of 53, along with Robert and Catherine, his wife, who died in 1780; William Bilkey, a yeoman from Boscathnoe, who died in 1844 at the age of 61; Mary, the wife of James Thomas, who died in 1812 at the age of 46; and Catherine William, their daughter, who was tragically shot in Churchtown by a boy named William Knight on December 2, 1816, at the age of 9. Additionally, there are two round-headed granite monoliths nearby inscribed with the initials WI and BM.

Local climate

2 Thomas Headstones, Bilkey Headstone and 2 Other Headstones at East End of South Aisle of Church of St Maddern sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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