War memorial in St Werburg's churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 2016. War memorial.
War memorial in St Werburg's churchyard
- WRENN ID
- little-spindle-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War memorial in St Werburg's churchyard, Church of St Werburg's Churchyard, Bent Lane, Warburton, Greater Manchester, WA13 9TQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 704 891
- Coordinates
- 53.39835, -2.44572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in St Werburg's churchyard is a First World War memorial, erected in 1920, with names of those lost during the Second World War added later. It is made of Aberdeen granite and features a simple Celtic cross-style design.
The memorial is aligned with the center of St Werburg Church's west window and stands on a square plinth with a tapering square base. The front (west) face has relief lettering that reads 'FOR GOD, FOR KING, FOR COUNTRY,' along with the names, rank, and regiment of ten men who died. At the bottom of the base, there is additional relief lettering that states, 'THEY WHOM THIS CROSS COMMEMORATES WERE AMONG/ THOSE WHO IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919 ENDURED/ HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT/ OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE/ ECCLESIASTICUS C44V14.' The south face features '1939 - 1945' in relief numerals, along with the name, rank, and regiment of three men who died. Above the base is a simple Celtic-style cross.
Local climate
War memorial in St Werburg's churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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