Hollinwood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2016. War memorial.
Hollinwood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ragged-flint-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton MP: Jim McMahon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hollinwood War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Margaret, Chapel Road, OL8 4QY
- OS grid reference
- SD 910 031
- Coordinates
- 53.52451, -2.13629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hollinwood War Memorial is a granite cross that rises from a tall square plinth. At the center of the cross, the letters IHS are carved in relief. The plinth features an inscription dedicated to those from the parish who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars, which reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1919./ AND IN THE WAR. 1939 – 1945."
The cross is integrated into the upper step of a two-stepped paved base. Behind the cross, set into the church wall beneath the west window, are two tiers of panels that list the names of the fallen from both World Wars. The top tier is recessed within Gothic-style tracery featuring foliate detailing and includes the names from the First World War, while the plain lower tier lists the names from the Second World War.
Local climate
Hollinwood War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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