Combe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 2019. War memorial.

Combe War Memorial

WRENN ID
deep-storey-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 2019
Type
War memorial
Address
Combe War Memorial, Combe Green, Church Walk, OX29 8NT
OS grid reference
SP 412 159
Coordinates
51.84065, -1.40316
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Combe War Memorial is a First World War memorial of unknown date, located on a paved area within a larger green space, near Oak Cottage, Oakdene, and The Cock Inn, all of which are listed Grade II.

The memorial features a small stone Latin cross that rises from a pedestal with an arched collar, which is set on a two-stepped base. The north face of the pedestal has an incised inscription that reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF COOMBE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914 – 1918 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS 1939-1945." The names of 11 individuals who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the other faces of the pedestal, while a Second World War inscription, which records a single name, is added to the east face.

Local climate

Combe War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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