Cromford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 2016. War memorial.
Cromford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- moated-basalt-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cromford War Memorial, Garden of Remembrance, DE4 3QE
- OS grid reference
- SK 296 569
- Coordinates
- 53.10887, -1.55918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cromford War Memorial is located in a Garden of Remembrance to the south of the junction of Market Place and Derby Road, near Willersley Castle and within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. The memorial features a canopied Crucifixion on an octagonal shaft, which sits atop a rectangular pedestal on a three-stepped base. The cross head, shaft, and pedestal are made from Stancliffe stone, while the base is constructed of limestone and is surrounded by a square paved area.
The main dedicatory inscription is in raised lettering on a bronze plaque on the front of the pedestal, stating: "IN IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CROMFORD WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.'" The names of those who served in the First World War are listed on bronze plaques on the left and right sides of the pedestal. Additionally, a rectangular bronze plaque on the front of the upper step commemorates 10 names from the Second World War, reading "1939 1945."
Local climate
Cromford War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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