Headstone of Hannah Twynnoy Approximately 40 Metres South of East End of Abbey Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. Headstone.
Headstone of Hannah Twynnoy Approximately 40 Metres South of East End of Abbey Church
- WRENN ID
- other-niche-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1976
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- ST 932 872
- Coordinates
- 51.58424, -2.09819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1703, located approximately 40 metres south of the east end of Abbey Church in Malmesbury. It commemorates Hannah Twynnoy, who was a servant at the White Lion Inn, now known as No. 8 Gloucester Street. The inscription tells the tragic story of her death, stating that she was killed by a tiger from a travelling menagerie that was housed in the inn's back premises. The inscription reads: "IN BLOOM OF LIFE/ SHE'S SNATCHD FROM HENCE/ SHE HAD NOT ROOM/ TO MAKE DEFENCE/ FOR TYGER FIERCE/ TOOK LIFE AWAY/ AND HERE SHE LIES/ IN A BED OF CLAY/ UNTIL THE RESURRECTION DAY."
Local climate
Headstone of Hannah Twynnoy Approximately 40 Metres South of East End of Abbey Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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