St Martin's, Ashton-upon-Mersey War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2017. War memorial.
St Martin's, Ashton-upon-Mersey War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quiet-groin-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St Martin's, Ashton-upon-Mersey War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Martin, Church Lane, M33 5PU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 771 929
- Coordinates
- 53.4331, -2.34501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The St Martin's War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of St Martin’s Church in Ashton-upon-Mersey. It is made of sandstone and features a cross on top of a tapered shaft, which is placed on a stepped plinth. At the center of the cross arms, there is a carving of a crown with a smaller cross inside it. The front face of the plinth displays a large bronze wreath along with an inscription that reads: "OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ EUROPE/ 1914/ – / 1919/ AFRICA ASIA/ TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS TOWNSHIP/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE IN THE GREAT WAR./ THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT./ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.'/ 1939/ – /1945/ ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR." The plinth itself is elevated on a two-stepped base.
Local climate
St Martin's, Ashton-upon-Mersey 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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