Spilsby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 2025. Memorial.
Spilsby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- first-column-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 2025
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Spilsby War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St James, Church Street, PE23 5DU
- OS grid reference
- TF 400 661
- Coordinates
- 53.17367, 0.09332
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spilsby War Memorial is a stone structure dedicated to the First World War, built in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War and the Suez Crisis. It is located prominently at the north end of the churchyard of the Church of St James.
The memorial features an octagonal design and takes the form of a tall cross with a tapering shaft, which has a sword carved on its west face. The ends of both the top and arms of the cross flare outwards. It stands on an octagonal plinth and is raised on three octagonal steps.
The inscriptions are carved into the plinth and steps. On the west face of the plinth, the inscription reads: "TO THOSE WHO/ FROM THIS PLACE/ LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WARS/ 1914 1918/ 1939 1945." The names of 28 soldiers who fell in the First World War are listed on two faces of the plinth, while the names of eight soldiers from the Second World War are inscribed on the step below. Additionally, on the middle step of the west face, "SUEZ – 1956" is noted, with the name of a single soldier listed beneath it.
Local climate
Spilsby War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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