Witts Headstone in Churchyard, 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Witts Headstone in Churchyard, 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- winter-string-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 105 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48573, -1.84946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century headstone located in the churchyard, 2 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter in Broad Hinton. It is made of limestone and features a shaped top with an incised design of a bowl and leaves. The inscription reads: "HERE LYETH THE BODY OF / HENRY WITT WHO DEPARTED / THIS LIFE APRIL Y 2 : 1685 / AS THOU ART NOW SO ONCE / WAS I : IN HELTH AND STRENGTH / THOUGH HERE I LYE / AS I AM NOW SOE SHALT THOV / BE : PREPARE FOR DEATH DAND / FOLLOW MEE."
Local climate
Witts Headstone in Churchyard, 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Peter receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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