Sterne Memorial in 4th Bay on South Side of Nave of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Tombstone.
Sterne Memorial in 4th Bay on South Side of Nave of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- winding-slate-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Tombstone
- Address
- Sterne Memorial in 4th Bay on South Side of Nave of Church of St Michael, Village Street, Coxwold, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 533 771
- Coordinates
- 54.1878, -1.18463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sterne Memorial is a tombstone dating from around 1768, located in the fourth bay on the south side of the nave of the Church of St Michael in Coxwold. It was moved to its current position in 1969. The memorial commemorates Reverend Laurence Sterne, who served as the perpetual curate of Coxwold from 1760 to 1768. It features a white stone slab with a wave-shaped head and includes a long inscription about Sterne as a writer. Originally, the tombstone was erected by two brother freemasons in Bayswater churchyard, as Sterne passed away in Bond Street, London. When that churchyard was cleared for redevelopment in 1969, his remains and the tombstone were relocated to Coxwold.
Local climate
Sterne Memorial in 4th Bay on South Side of Nave of Church of St Michael receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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