Graveyard Boundary Walls to Original Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. Graveyard wall.
Graveyard Boundary Walls to Original Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- seventh-turret-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1989
- Type
- Graveyard wall
- Address
- Graveyard Boundary Walls to Original Parish Church, Firbank, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 618 937
- Coordinates
- 54.33783, -2.58761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The graveyard boundary walls to the original parish church at Firbank are of uncertain date, possibly dating back to before the Reformation, and were recorded in the mid-17th century. The church itself was demolished in the 1830s. The dry stone walls enclose an area of approximately 31 meters square, with an entrance on the west side. Within the graveyard, there are some gravestones dating from the early 19th century. To the south-east is Fox's pulpit, where George Fox preached for three hours to around 1,000 Seekers on June 13, 1652. This meeting was significant as it led to the formation of the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers.
Local climate
Graveyard Boundary Walls to Original Parish Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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