Headstone of Margaret Middleton in Quaker Burial Ground Approximately 5 Metres from the East Wall and 10 Metres from the South Wall and Facing West is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Headstone.
Headstone of Margaret Middleton in Quaker Burial Ground Approximately 5 Metres from the East Wall and 10 Metres from the South Wall and Facing West
- WRENN ID
- shifting-pier-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SE 326 595
- Coordinates
- 54.03124, -1.5028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone for Margret Middleton located in a Quaker burial ground, dated 1676. It is made of gritstone and stands approximately 40 centimetres high. The headstone is circular on a short neck that widens to flat shoulders at the base. The inscription is deeply cut in capitals with clear serifs and reads: "MARGRET / THE WIFE OF BOSSOLL MIDDLE / TON OF KNARESBRO / UGH DEPARTED TH / IS LIFE THE 2- DAY / OF THE 3d MONTH / IN YE YEAR 1676." The headstone is positioned about 5 metres from the east wall and 10 metres from the south wall, facing west.
Local climate
Headstone of Margaret Middleton in Quaker Burial Ground Approximately 5 Metres from the East Wall and 10 Metres from the South Wall and Facing West receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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