Gumley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 2019. War memorial.
Gumley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- inner-eave-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Gumley War Memorial, Gumley Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7RX
- OS grid reference
- SP 674 901
- Coordinates
- 52.50513, -1.00761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gumley War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled on Saturday, 20 June 1920. It is located in the middle of the scheduled remains of the Gumley medieval settlement.
The memorial is made of stone and Swithland Slate and stands on a grassy area near the cricket ground, surrounded by a wooden fence. It features a stone in-filled wheel cross atop a tall shaft, which has a carved sword on its front face. Above a square base, there is a carved wreath, and the memorial includes three slate tablets, all set on a two-tiered step.
The inscription on the slate panel on the front face reads: "TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN UNDYING REMEMBRANCE / OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR THE / DELIVERANCE OF THEIR / COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT / THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN."
On the left side of the memorial, the slate panel reads: "MEN WHO SERVED / (NAMES)," while the slate panel on the right side states: "KILLED IN ACTION / (NAMES)."
Local climate
Gumley War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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