Monument to the great rail disaster of 1868 in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 1997. Monument.
Monument to the great rail disaster of 1868 in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-glass-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1997
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to the great rail disaster of 1868 in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael, Abergele
- OS grid reference
- SH 945 776
- Coordinates
- 53.28554, -3.58318
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This monument commemorates the great rail disaster of 1868 and is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael. It features a granite tablet with cut and gilded lettering, positioned between pink granite columns that support a gabled head. The soffit above the tablet is shaped like a trefoil and also bears gilded lettering along with an IHS monogram. The monument stands on a twice chamfered stone plinth and is surrounded by an elongated burial ground measuring approximately 19 meters by 3 meters, which is defined by limestone posts and iron chains.
Local climate
Monument to the great rail disaster of 1868 in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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