Bilsby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 2016. War memorial.
Bilsby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-parapet-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bilsby War Memorial, Holy Trinity Church, Alford Road, Lincolnshire, LN13 9PY
- OS grid reference
- TF 466 767
- Coordinates
- 53.26716, 0.19763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bilsby War Memorial is situated to the east of the Church of the Holy Trinity, facing south-east towards the road. Constructed from Cornish Granite, the memorial features a broken column, symbolizing lives cut short. It stands on a concrete platform with a square two-stepped base; the upper step is rough-hewn and supports a square tapering plinth from which the circular column rises.
The plinth is inscribed on three sides in black lettering. The south-east face bears the inscription: "THIS MEMORIAL/ TO/ THE BILSBY MEN/ THAT FELL IN THE WAR OF 1914-18/ WAS ERECTED/ BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ 1919./ WITH GRATITUDE THAT CANNOT MATCH THE FAME/ OF THESE OUR HEROES READ EACH HONOURED NAME/ HELPED BY THE SKILL AND VALOUR OF THE SLAIN/ ’TIS OURS TO SEE THEY DID NOT DIE IN VAIN."
On the south-west face, beneath the names of seven individuals who died in the First World War, the inscription reads RIP. The north-east face includes an additional name added after the Second World War, with the inscription "1939-1945/ MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED/ WITH THY SAINTS."
Local climate
Bilsby War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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