Newborough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 2016. War memorial.
Newborough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- bitter-chalk-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Newborough War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew, City of Peterborough, PE6 7QZ
- OS grid reference
- TF 203 059
- Coordinates
- 52.63831, -0.22271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Newborough War Memorial, created by Messrs John Thompson and Co of Peterborough, is located on the east edge of the churchyard of St Bartholomew, facing the street. Metal gates, which are not listed, provide direct access from the pavement to the memorial. The square base of the memorial is slightly set back from the gates. At the center of the base is a square plinth topped with a bold, plain cross. The top of the east face features a crown in relief, with a green wreath below it encircling the words: IN MEMORY OF NEWBOROUGH AND BOROUGH FEN HEROES WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE WAR 1914 – 1918. An inscription added after the Second World War at the base of the cross reads: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS, along with the dates 1939 – 1945 and the names of seven individuals. The names of 25 people who died in the First World War are inscribed on the east face of the cross shaft, situated between the inscriptions for the two world wars.
Local climate
Newborough War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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