War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- quiet-stronghold-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Church Street, Oswestry
- OS grid reference
- SJ 289 294
- Coordinates
- 52.85789, -3.05692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, located on Church Street in Oswestry, is a First World War memorial dating from around 1920. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features wrought-iron gates and railings. The memorial includes four square gate piers with moulded plinths and capping, ornamental gates at the center, and pointed railings atop low stone walls. There are pedestrian gates positioned by the central piers on both the left and right sides.
The two central piers are inscribed with the years "1914" and "1919." The left pier bears the inscription "THERE IS A/LIFE IN DEATH," while the right pier has the inscription "YE HAVE NOT/ DIED IN VAIN," both accompanied by a carved sword beneath. The names of the fallen from the First World War are recorded on the inner faces of these two central piers, and the names of those who were killed in the Second World War are listed on the back.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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