Caddy Tombstone 7 Yards to South of Church Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. Tombstone.
Caddy Tombstone 7 Yards to South of Church Porch
- WRENN ID
- crooked-spire-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1985
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- SD 103 965
- Coordinates
- 54.35666, -3.3804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Caddy tombstone, located 7 yards south of the church porch, dates from 1726 and is dedicated to Hannah Caddy. It is a monolithic stone that stands approximately 3.5 feet high and 3 feet wide, featuring a shaped top. The main inscription on the east face provides her name, date, and age, while the west face bears a second inscription in script, which reads: "Here she lies within this earthy grave whose worth deserves a tomb of gold to have yett we see those of great porchas prise must leave this world to dwell above ye sky."
Local climate
Caddy Tombstone 7 Yards to South of Church Porch 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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