Caddington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2016. War memorial.
Caddington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- frozen-lancet-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Caddington War Memorial, The Churchyard, All Saints' Church, Luton Road, LU1 4AF
- OS grid reference
- TL 064 198
- Coordinates
- 51.8673, -0.45491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Caddington War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, which is also listed at Grade II*. The memorial stands nearly 4 meters high and takes the form of a Celtic cross. The head of the cross features interlace trefoils and rises from a square-sectioned shaft, which is set on a tapering plinth. The plinth itself rests on a two-stepped, square base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the plinth reads: "IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS.”/ ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS & FRIENDS." The names of those who fell in the First World War are carved into the remaining three sides of the plinth, organized by year and date of death. The names of those who served in the Second World War are listed beneath the inscription "AND IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945" on the top step.
Local climate
Caddington War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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