Bishop Middleham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2016. War memorial.
Bishop Middleham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tangled-gutter-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bishop Middleham War Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St Michael, Church Street, DL17 9AF
- OS grid reference
- NZ 327 312
- Coordinates
- 54.67553, -1.49301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bishop Middleham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, which is also a listed building. The memorial features a dark polished granite wheel-head cross that rises from a tapering square plinth with a granite base. It is positioned on a two-stepped sandstone base.
The main dedicatory inscription is carved into the north face of the plinth, stating: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ BISHOP MIDDLEHAM/ AND MAINSFORTH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918." Below this, on the base, is the quote: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The names of those who served in the First World War are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth. Additionally, there is a sandstone tablet on the south side of the cross, shaped like a book, which commemorates those who died during the Second World War, inscribed with: "ALSO THE FOLLOWING WHO DIED ON ACTIVE/ SERVICE DURING THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 1945" followed by eight names.
Local climate
Bishop Middleham War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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