Pelsall Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Walsall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 2016. Memorial.
Pelsall Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- seventh-brick-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills MP: Wendy Morton (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Pelsall Memorial Cross, Station Road, WS3 4BB
- OS grid reference
- SK 023 033
- Coordinates
- 52.62834, -1.96671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pelsall Memorial Cross is a tall stone memorial situated at the northern end of Pelsall Common. At the top, there is a granite cross with a square wheel-head that rises from a slender octagonal shaft, which is supported by an octagonal plinth. This plinth stands on a four-stepped, octagonal base. Bronze plaques on each of the four sides of the plinth display inscriptions and names from the First World War.
The main dedicatory inscription reads: "1914-1919/ REMEMBER WITH/ THANKSGIVING/ THE TRUE & FAITHFUL MEN/ WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR/ WENT FORTH FROM THIS/ PLACE/ FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT/ THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO/ RETURNED NOT AGAIN ARE/ HERE INSCRIBED TO BE/ HONOURED FOR EVERMORE/ FOR I SENT YOU OUT WITH/ MOURNING & WEEPING BUT GOD/ WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN/ WITH JOY & GLADNESS FOR/ EVER."
The names of servicemen who died during the First World War are listed on three plaques. A fifth bronze plaque, which records 18 men and one woman who died during the Second World War, is set into the ground near the memorial cross and reads "1939 – 1945 (19 NAMES)." Additionally, there are three stone tablets that record a further 60 names.
Local climate
Pelsall Memorial Cross receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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