Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 2014. War memorial.
Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-spindle-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP: Ms Diane Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial, Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 333 866
- Coordinates
- 51.563, -0.07738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial is made of Portland stone and features a wall with four panels set within a hollow-chamfered frame. At the top, there is a raised rectangular panel with a central carved badge. The inscription on this panel reads: "METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON / TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH ENEMY ACTION IN THE BOROUGH DURING WORLD WAR 1939-1945 AND IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THIS MEMORIAL / DEATH IS BUT CROSSING THE WORLD AS FRIENDS DO THE SEA - THEY LIVE IN ONE ANOTHER STILL." The four inset panels contain leaded lists of the locations of the air raids and the names of the deceased. In front of the memorial, there is an area marked by stone kerbing, which includes spaces for planting. Three shallow steps lead up the center of this area towards the memorial, and at the top, there is a ledge with a pair of simple stone flower vases.
Local climate
Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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