Tombstone of Thomas Richards in Coychurch churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 October 1997. Tombstone.
Tombstone of Thomas Richards in Coychurch churchyard
- WRENN ID
- broken-rampart-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Bridgend MP: Chris Elmore (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1997
- Type
- Tombstone
- Address
- Tombstone of Thomas Richards in Coychurch churchyard, Coychurch Lower
- OS grid reference
- SS 939 796
- Coordinates
- 51.50616, -3.52898
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The tombstone of Thomas Richards is located in the churchyard of Coychurch. It is a plain tomb slab set on a low stone kerb, which is engraved with the following inscription: "Here lieth the body of Thomas Richards of Coychurch, Clerk, Vicar of Eglwysylan, forty years Curate of this parish, author of a Welsh English Dictionary and other works in Welsh, who died the 20th day of March 1790 aged 80 years."
Local climate
Tombstone of Thomas Richards in Coychurch churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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