Edgmond War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 2016. War memorial.
Edgmond War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- old-railing-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Edgmond War Memorial, Junction of High Street and Manor Road, Shropshire, TF10 8JR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 721 194
- Coordinates
- 52.77156, -2.41373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Edgmond War Memorial is made of sandstone and is located within a small walled alcove on the High Street. The memorial features a lantern cross that shelters a pedimented image of Jesus on the Crucifix. Flanking Christ are images of a nurse on the left and a soldier on the right, both gazing up at Him. Above these figures is an image of a shield.
Beneath the lantern cross, there are two tapered rectangular cornices with inscriptions. The top cornice reads "LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR/ AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH." The second, larger cornice states "IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM EDGMOND/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
The lantern cross is mounted on a tapering hexagonal shaft that features an indented plaque. This plaque contains a carved cross and an incised list of the names and ranks of the men who fell from Edgmond during the First World War, notably including a woman's name at the end of the list.
The shaft stands on a four-stepped octagonal base. The inscription on the top step reads "SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP." The second octagonal step bears the inscription "1939 1945" along with the names of those who fell in the Second World War.
Local climate
Edgmond War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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