Britton's Tomb to South of St Bridget's Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1984. Tomb.
Britton's Tomb to South of St Bridget's Chancel
- WRENN ID
- young-quoin-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Britton's Tomb to South of St Bridget's Chancel, Parton
- OS grid reference
- NX 982 210
- Coordinates
- 54.57404, -3.575
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Britton's tomb, located to the south of St Bridget's chancel, is a table tomb made of sandstone blocks that support a flat top. It is inscribed and dated in Roman lettering: September 17, 1663 (or 1668), commemorating William and Thomas Britton, a father and son who were lost at sea on the same ship.
Local climate
Britton's Tomb to South of St Bridget's Chancel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,560 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- 5 Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket
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