First World War Memorial (Parish Church of St Margaret Churchyard) is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. Memorial.

First World War Memorial (Parish Church of St Margaret Churchyard)

WRENN ID
watchful-soffit-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1984
Type
Memorial
Address
First World War Memorial (Parish Church of St Margaret Churchyard), High Street, Chippenham
OS grid reference
TL 663 697
Coordinates
52.30096, 0.43804
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The First World War Memorial, located in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St Margaret, is a 20th-century structure featuring an octagonal shafted cross set on a square base. It includes inset bronze plaques that display the names of those who died in the war and is raised on a stepped plinth.

Local climate

First World War Memorial (Parish Church of St Margaret Churchyard) 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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