Thornton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 2016. War memorial.
Thornton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- north-gable-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thornton War Memorial, Thornton Cemetery, Thornton Road, BD13 3QB
- OS grid reference
- SE 088 328
- Coordinates
- 53.79206, -1.86695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thornton War Memorial is located on the southern side of Thornton Cemetery. It features a large pylon made of Yorkshire stone, approximately 3.5 meters tall, topped with a bronze figure known as Sorrowing Victory, which has its head bowed and arms outstretched, holding wreaths in each hand. The pylon is set on a substantial stone base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the south face of the pylon reads "IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD 1914 1918." Below this, on the base, the inscription continues with "ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THORNTON UNVEILED AND DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 30TH 1922."
The east and west sides of the pylon are stepped forward, forming a broad Latin cross. On the west side, a bronze wreath surrounds the date 1914, with a rectangular bronze panel below that lists the names of those commemorated. There is also a bronze panel at the rear of the pylon and a smaller bronze panel on the back of the base that lists additional names. On the east side, a similar wreath encircles the date 1918, with another bronze name panel below it. The east face of the base features a later dedication that reads "THE SECOND WORLD 1939 1945," along with a central panel listing commemorated names.
The memorial is surrounded by a low octagonal kerb that defines a flower bed.
Local climate
Thornton War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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