William Dixons Tombstone Circa 13 Feet to East of Cross in St Marys Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. Tombstone.
William Dixons Tombstone Circa 13 Feet to East of Cross in St Marys Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- woven-gateway-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1985
- Type
- Tombstone
- Address
- William Dixons Tombstone Circa 13 Feet to East of Cross in St Marys Churchyard, Gosforth, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 072 035
- Coordinates
- 54.41913, -3.43109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
William Dixon's tombstone, located approximately 13 feet to the east of the Cross in St Mary's churchyard, dates from 1729. It is a single slab with an ornately shaped head, measuring 2 feet wide and 2.5 feet high. The inscription is in script and reads: "Nigh to this place lies the body of Willia(m) Dixon who depart(ed) this life April (the ?) 1729 Aged (?) (sic)."
Local climate
William Dixons Tombstone Circa 13 Feet to East of Cross in St Marys Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- 1 Thomas Dixons Tombstone Circa 3 Feet to East of Cross in St Marys Churchyard
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- 4 Dixon and Hume Headstones 8 Metres North-East of South-West Corner of Churchyard
- 5 Dixon Monument Approximately 25 Metres South of Priory Church
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