Ashbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 2018. War memorial.
Ashbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- upper-rampart-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Ashbury War Memorial, Junction of Chapel Road and Idstone Road, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LN
- OS grid reference
- SU 264 850
- Coordinates
- 51.56389, -1.62047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ashbury War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was unveiled in 1921, located on a green at a crossroads in the village of Ashbury, Oxfordshire. The memorial features a rough-hewn wheel-headed granite cross that sits on a tapering square plinth, which in turn stands on a two-stepped base.
On the front face of the cross, there is an inverted sword carved in relief, while the rear displays a bronze inverted sword, which is believed to have been added later when the names of those who fell in the Second World War were inscribed.
The front face of the plinth has a smoothed panel with lead lettering dedicated to the fallen of the First World War, reading: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 (NAMES)." The rear face features a bronze plaque inscribed with "1939 – 1945 (NAMES) IN PROUD MEMORY." Additionally, on the top step at the rear of the memorial, there is another stone plaque engraved with "FALKLANDS 1982 (NAME)."
Each corner of the bottom step includes a rough-hewn granite flower holder.
Local climate
Ashbury War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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