Hartford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Hartford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- burning-gutter-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hartford War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Junction of the Green and Chester Road, CW8 1NP
- OS grid reference
- SJ 637 722
- Coordinates
- 53.24563, -2.54477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hartford War Memorial is situated in the center of the path leading to the Church of St John the Baptist. It features a stone lantern cross with decorative carvings, topped by a small Latin cross. The cross stands on an octagonal grooved shaft that has a carved decorative collar, which is set upon an octagonal plinth and a three-stepped base.
The front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads: "TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ S JOHN XV 13." The other faces of the plinth list the names of those commemorated.
An additional tablet is inclined upon the three steps at the base. Its inscription states: "THIS TABLET IS ADDED/ IN MEMORY OF THESE MEN/ OF THE PARISH WHO DIED/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ 'AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'."
Local climate
Hartford War Memorial receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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