Linton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 2020. War memorial.
Linton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pinnacle-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TL 563 470
- Coordinates
- 52.09927, 0.28111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Linton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921. It is made of granite with lead lettering and is located within Linton Cemetery. The memorial features a square base with two steps that support an obelisk. The obelisk is inscribed with lead lettering that reads: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / LINTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918. It lists the names of 46 men who served, and below this, it also includes the inscription: AND IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1939-1945, which records 13 additional names.
Local climate
Linton 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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