Thurleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 2017. War memorial.
Thurleigh War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-passage-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Thurleigh War Memorial, High Street, Bedfordshire, MK44 2DB
- OS grid reference
- TL 052 585
- Coordinates
- 52.21473, -0.46149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thurleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure featuring a roughly hewn granite wheel cross. At the center of the cross and down the shaft is a relief of the Sword of Sacrifice. The memorial stands on a square plinth, which has black painted lead lettering on the front face that reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THURLEIGH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES)." At the base of the memorial is an inclined marble shield with the inscription: "THEY DIED FOR ME, / CHRIST DIED FOR ALL. / R.I.P." On one side face, the dates "1939 – 1945 / (NAME)" are inscribed. The memorial is situated on a two-stepped base within a paved area, with a path leading up to it.
Local climate
Thurleigh War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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