Headstone of Josiah and John Tosker, 4 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St Mebena is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Headstone.
Headstone of Josiah and John Tosker, 4 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St Mebena
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 041 732
- Coordinates
- 50.52585, -4.76418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 4 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St Mebena, commemorating Josiah and John Toker. It dates from 1767 and honors Josiah, the son of John and Alice Toker, who died in that year, as well as John Toker, who passed away in 1775. The headstone is made of slate and features a rectangular shape with a nowy shaped panel. It is inscribed in upper and lower case lettering with serifs and includes decorative elements such as an angel's head and skull and crossed bones in the corners.
Local climate
Headstone of Josiah and John Tosker, 4 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St Mebena sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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