Memorial to German First World War Internees, New Southgate Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2016. Memorial.
Memorial to German First World War Internees, New Southgate Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- dark-brick-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to German First World War Internees, New Southgate Cemetery, Brunswick Park Road, London, N11 1JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 284 934
- Coordinates
- 51.62494, -0.1462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to German First World War internees is located in New Southgate Cemetery. It features a low stone screen wall topped with a shallow pediment, resting on a simple two-stepped base. The front of the memorial displays a black metal plaque with raised lettering that lists the names of 51 deceased individuals along with their dates of death. Inscribed on the upper step of the base is the phrase: HIER RUHEN IN GOTT DIE GENANNTEN/ 51 DEUTSCHEN MAENNER DIE WAEHREND/ DES WELTKRIEGES IN ZIVILGE/ FANGENSCHAFT GESTORBEN SIND, which translates to "HERE REST IN GOD THESE 51 GERMAN MEN WHO DIED DURING THE WORLD WAR IN CIVILIAN IMPRISONMENT."
Local climate
Memorial to German First World War Internees, New Southgate Cemetery 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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