Willingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2016. A C20 War memorial.
Willingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- cold-foundation-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Willingham War Memorial, Willingham Village Cemetery
- OS grid reference
- TL 404 705
- Coordinates
- 52.31526, 0.05928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willingham War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled and dedicated in 1921, with additions for the Second World War. It was sculpted by T Robinson and Sons of Runcorn and is made of rock-faced granite.
The memorial is square in plan and takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross, located at the intersection of two footpaths in Willingham village cemetery. It features a two-step base, a trapezoidal plinth, and a tall shaft that tapers in rectangular section to form the Celtic wheel-head cross. All the stonework is characterized by rock-faced rustication.
On the west face of the plinth, there is a dedicatory inscription for the First World War that reads: 'THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED / IN / GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS'. The names of the men who died are inscribed on the north and south faces. The east face of the plinth has a dedication for the Second World War that reads: 'ALSO / WORLD WAR II / 1939 - 45 / [names]'.
Local climate
Willingham War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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