St Oswald's, Knuzden War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2017. War memorial.
St Oswald's, Knuzden War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tattered-groin-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- St Oswald's, Knuzden War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Oswald, Cabin End Row, Stanhill Road, BB1 2DP
- OS grid reference
- SD 710 276
- Coordinates
- 53.74407, -2.44008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The St Oswald's War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Oswald in Knuzden. It features a Latin cross with moulded ends and a patte cross at the intersection of the arms. The memorial has a carved collar and is set atop a tapering shaft, which rests on a tapering plinth and a two-stepped base. Surrounding the steps is a low stone kerb with small pillars at each corner.
The inscription on the memorial reads: "ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS AD 1921 IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ST OSWALD'S CHURCH AND SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. (NAMES)"
Local climate
St Oswald's, Knuzden War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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