Appleby Magna War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 2019. Memorial.
Appleby Magna War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-belfry-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Appleby Magna War Memorial, St Michael's Churchyard Extension, Church Street, DE12 7BB
- OS grid reference
- SK 314 098
- Coordinates
- 52.68567, -1.53577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Appleby Magna War Memorial is a First World War memorial cross, built in 1920 with later additions. It is made from grey granite and is located in the cemetery on Church Street, directly opposite the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church. The memorial features a Celtic cross with a tapering shaft that stands on a stepped square pedestal and base. The head of the cross is decorated with relief-moulded knotwork. The shaft bears an inscription in incised lettering that reads: ‘THEIR / NAME / LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE’, while the step is inscribed with ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD’. A metal plaque attached to the pedestal commemorates ‘THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / 1914-1918’, listing the names of 14 local servicemen who died in the war. Additional inscriptions honor those who lost their lives in the Second World War and in Cyprus in 1956.
Local climate
Appleby Magna War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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