Dickinson Table Tomb South of South East Corner of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Tomb.
Dickinson Table Tomb South of South East Corner of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Dickinson Table Tomb South of South East Corner of Church of St Peter, Heversham
- OS grid reference
- SD 496 833
- Coordinates
- 54.24354, -2.77463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dickinson Table Tomb, located south of the southeast corner of the Church of St Peter in Heversham, is a table tomb with the earliest inscription dating to 1763, although it was likely erected in 1770. It features a stone slab top with sides decorated with two lozenges and a central panel. The west end panel displays an angel's head with wings, while the east end panel has a lozenge.
The inscription reads:
"HERE lieth interred JANE the loving and (?) WIFE of Mr JOHN DICKINSON of Milnthorpe SHE departed this Life 1 Ap MDCCLXX Aged 43 Years
As also Four children viz
AGNES Died 1763 ) 14 years RICHARD 12 Aug 1767 ) 16 years ELIZAB. 25 March 1768 ) BIRKBECK 10 Aug 1770 ) 11 years Drowned in Bathing )
Mr JOHN DICKINSON Husband and Father of the above died August the 10th MDCCLXXXIII Aged 62 Years."
Local climate
Dickinson Table Tomb South of South East Corner of Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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