Medieval Grave Slab Approximately 1/3 Metre South of St John's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Graveslab.
Medieval Grave Slab Approximately 1/3 Metre South of St John's Church
- WRENN ID
- tall-jade-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Graveslab
- OS grid reference
- SE 506 410
- Coordinates
- 53.8634, -1.23185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a medieval grave slab located approximately one-third of a metre south of the chancel of St John's Church in Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford. The slab dates from the 13th or 14th century and is made of sandstone. It has a trapezoidal shape and features an incised foliate cross.
Local climate
Medieval Grave Slab Approximately 1/3 Metre South of St John's Church 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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