Group of 8 Rodway or Blackwell Family Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 7m West of Tower to Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1985. Monument.
Group of 8 Rodway or Blackwell Family Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 7m West of Tower to Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sharp-string-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 948 059
- Coordinates
- 51.75233, -2.07662
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The group of eight monuments in the churchyard, located approximately 7 meters west of the tower of the Church of St. Mary, consists of slab memorials with inscription plates dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. The plates were engraved by Cook of Minchinhampton, J. Freebury of Stroud, and Ursell of Cirencester. Made of limestone with brass plates, the slabs are arranged individually, in pairs, or in a row of three, some featuring individual plates while others have a single large plate on the central slab of a row, all set on a raised base with a single step.
One single step features a plate by J. Freebury inscribed to Thomas Walter Blackwell, who died in 1834, and Margaret Blackwell, who died in 1846. A single slab with a plate by Cook is inscribed to William Pitt, who died in 1798, and Thomas, son of Reverend William Pitt, who died 'on the coast of Bengal' in 1807. A pair of slabs includes one by Cook inscribed to William Rodway, who died in 1803, and the other by J. Freebury inscribed to William Rodway, who died in 1835, and Sarah Hancox Rodway, who died in 1833.
There is a row of three slabs with individual plates: the first by Cook is inscribed to Barriet Blackwell, who died in 1801; the second by Ursell is inscribed to Margaret Blackwell, who died in 1818; and the third by Cook is inscribed to George Blackwell, who died in 1811. Lastly, a row of three slabs features one very large plate on the central slab by Cook, inscribed to John Rodway, who died in 1719; Elizabeth, his wife, who died in 1776; John, their son, who died in 1760; and Martha, his wife, who died in 1798.
Local climate
Group of 8 Rodway or Blackwell Family Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 7m West of Tower to Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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