Martyrs Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Memorial.
Martyrs Memorial
- WRENN ID
- first-baluster-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1997
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Martyrs Memorial, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 856 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24347, 0.71715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Martyrs Memorial is located immediately to the south-east of the Norman Tower in Bury St Edmunds. It was erected in 1903 through public subscription to honor 17 Protestant martyrs. The memorial is made of stone and takes the form of an obelisk topped with a ball finial. Each face of the rectangular base features an inscribed panel. Three of these panels list the names and known details of the martyrs, most of whom were executed by burning at the stake. The fourth panel bears the inscription: 'WHO, FOR THEIR FAITHFUL TESTIMONY TO GOD'S TRUTH DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY SUFFERED DEATH IN THIS TOWN 1555-1558.'
Local climate
Martyrs 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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