Grave Slab 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Grave slab.

Grave Slab 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
waning-render-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 May 1989
Type
Grave slab
OS grid reference
SD 971 722
Coordinates
54.14605, -2.04516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a grave slab dated 1695, made of gritstone, located 1 metre south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Kettlewell. The slab is now set into the ground but may have originally been placed inside the church. The inscription is heavily weathered and divided into three sections. The top section features 11 lines, which are worn down on the right side but well incised on the left, reading: "HERE LIETH THE BODY OF/ ?M_ ME ... THE WIFE /OF.M. . . /CHUR...TO/CROSFEL?RELICT OF/ & TO.H...WYYIL...ID/DAUGH.TO MARM.../OF ?BUKTON CONST K/ ART. WHOE DIED 17.../ WAS BURIED .20 OF JUNE/1695 AN AET 49".

The central panel includes incised lines with scrolls at the corners and contains three lines that are only partly legible: "FROM...IT WAS/DEC?IDED A IVBILEE/SH?OULD THEN SUCCED". The lower part of the slab features a recessed shield inscribed with a pattern of linked squares and four lines: "?OSWI/MORI/ERGO DOMUM/MARSTUS". Below this, the letters "H ? I I" are present. The slab is edged with a fillet and roll moulding.

Local climate

Grave Slab 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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