Nichol's Stone is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1987. Memorial stone.
Nichol's Stone
- WRENN ID
- tattered-loggia-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1987
- Type
- Memorial stone
- Address
- Nichol's Stone, A 684, Akebar
- OS grid reference
- SE 195 906
- Coordinates
- 54.31127, -1.70173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nichol's Stone is a memorial stone dated 1826, made of sandstone ashlar. It stands approximately 1 metre tall and 300 millimetres wide, featuring a rounded top. The front face is inscribed with the words "MAY 19, 1826 DO NO MURDER." The stone is said to commemorate a local farmer who, after seeing a cattle dealer driving animals to Leyburn Market, waylaid and killed him for the money earned from the sale. This man was the last person to be hanged at York and was buried in an unconsecrated grave just outside the churchyard wall of Finghall Church.
Local climate
Nichol's Stone receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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