Onibury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Onibury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-arch-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Onibury War Memorial, Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, SY7 9AW
- OS grid reference
- SO 455 791
- Coordinates
- 52.40765, -2.80163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Onibury War Memorial is a First World War memorial located in a churchyard, dating from around 1920 and later updated to include names from after 1945.
Constructed from limestone, the memorial features ashlar and rough-hewn materials. It consists of a Celtic wheel-head cross and shaft that sits atop a strongly tapered base, which rises from the ground. The memorial is situated to the south-west of the church, along the path leading from the lych-gate to the south porch.
The north face of the memorial displays a rock-hammered head and shaft of the cross, with smooth ashlar panels. The circle-head is rock-hammered, and an ashlar cross with splayed ends and a circular center stands out in relief. Below this cross is a large ashlar panel inscribed with the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR GALLANT HEROES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The names of the Fallen are inscribed below this panel. The tapered base features the dates 1939 - 1945 above the names of those who fell in that conflict. The flanks of the base have blank panels, and the rest of the memorial is also blank.
Local climate
Onibury War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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