Lathom and Burscough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. War memorial.
Lathom and Burscough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- old-arch-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Lathom and Burscough War Memorial, Garden of Remembrance, Liverpool Road North, L40 7TD
- OS grid reference
- SD 442 118
- Coordinates
- 53.5998, -2.8444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lathom and Burscough War Memorial is made of Cornish granite and stands approximately 5 meters tall. It features a 3-meter high wheel-head cross adorned with Celtic-style knotwork designs around a central boss. This cross is mounted on a tapering oblong shaft, which is also decorated with carved knotwork, and sits atop a tapering, rough-hewn plinth. The plinth is elevated on an octagonal base consisting of five steps, each inscribed on the northern side with an ascending year from the First World War.
On the northern face of the plinth, there is an incised painted lead letter inscription that reads: "LATHOM AND BURSCOUGH / 'IS IT NOTHING TO YOU, ALL YE THAT PASS BY.' / THIS CROSS IS RAISED IN / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / OUR LOCAL MEN / WHO DIED IN DEFENCE OF / THEIR COUNTRY, HONOUR AND FREEDOM / DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919. / AND OF THE 2ND GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945. / 'THEY NOTHING COMMON DID, OR MEAN / UPON THAT MEMORABLE SCENE.'"
The other faces of both the plinth and shaft list the names of local men who were killed in both World Wars.
Local climate
Lathom and Burscough War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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