Cheveley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 2023. Memorial.
Cheveley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- woven-jade-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 2023
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Cheveley War Memorial, War Memorial at the Junction of High Street and Church Lane, CB8 9DG
- OS grid reference
- TL 684 608
- Coordinates
- 52.2204, 0.46457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cheveley War Memorial is a First World War memorial that has names added after the Second World War. It is made of stone and bronze and is located to the north of the Grade I listed Church of St Mary and the Holy Host of Heaven, at the junction of the High Street and Church Lane.
The memorial is tall and imposing, featuring a Latin budded cross atop an octagonal pillar. This pillar is mounted on an octagonal plinth, which rests on a large two-stepped, square base. The lower step of the base is inscribed with the words "THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE." On the upper step of the plinth, there are four bronze plates with raised lettering. The front face of the memorial includes the dedication: "REMEMBER/ THE CHEVELEY MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919." The other three plates list the names of the fallen, including their forename, surname, battalion, regiment, and date of death. The octagonal plinth also features a matching bronze panel with the dates 1939-1946, along with the names and regiment of the two men who fell in that war. Additionally, there is another engraved plate on the plinth, in black and gold, depicting a soldier resting on his arms, which appears to have been added more recently.
Local climate
Cheveley War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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