Headstone Dated August 1680 Against Churchyard Wall Approximately 17 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. Headstone.
Headstone Dated August 1680 Against Churchyard Wall Approximately 17 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Michael
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- drifting-belfry-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 514 330
- Coordinates
- 51.99341, -1.25201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dated August 1680, is located against the churchyard wall approximately 17 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Michael. It is a late 17th-century structure made of limestone, featuring an oval plaque that is framed by decorative fruit and flowers. The inscription is fragmentary, reading "..... who departed ...... August 1680."
Local climate
Headstone Dated August 1680 Against Churchyard Wall Approximately 17 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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