John Metcalf Memorial Approximately 15 Metres from East End of North Aisle of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Memorial.
John Metcalf Memorial Approximately 15 Metres from East End of North Aisle of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- drifting-cobble-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SE 364 511
- Coordinates
- 53.95477, -1.44552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Metcalf memorial is located approximately 15 metres from the east end of the north aisle of the Church of All Saints. This headstone commemorates John Metcalf, who died in 1810. It is made of millstone grit and stands about 1 metre high, featuring a rectangular shape with a shaped top. The inscription, which consists of 16 lines of poetry, details his life and accomplishments, concluding with the date of his death on the 26th of April 1810, at the age of 93. The inscription is signed by 'Jno A. Hilton'. John Metcalf was a notable road surveyor who worked across Yorkshire from 1745 to 1792. He became well-known as 'Blind Jack of Knaresborough' after losing his sight to smallpox at the age of 6, and his portrait is displayed in the council offices in Knaresborough.
Local climate
John Metcalf Memorial Approximately 15 Metres from East End of North Aisle of Church of All Saints receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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