War Memorial in South Part of Overleigh Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1998. War memorial.

War Memorial in South Part of Overleigh Cemetery

WRENN ID
peeling-rafter-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 July 1998
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial in South Part of Overleigh Cemetery, Overleigh Road
OS grid reference
SJ 403 651
Coordinates
53.17994, -2.89411
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial located in the south part of Overleigh Cemetery was erected to honor those who fell in the Great War from 1914 to 1919. It is made of white stone and features a base with two octagonal steps, an inscribed plinth, and a cross topped with a downward-pointing sword of justice in bronze. The total height of the memorial is approximately 5 meters. The inscription is in Roman capitals and reads: "THIS CROSS OF SACRIFICE IS ONE IN DESIGN AND INTENTION WITH THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN SET UP IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHERE OUR DEAD OF THE GREAT WAR ARE LAID TO REST: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The memorial is situated at the junction of the drives from Overleigh Road and the two mortuary chapels of the cemetery.

Local climate

War Memorial in South Part of Overleigh Cemetery receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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