Alfold War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 2017. War memorial.
Alfold War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-ledge-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Alfold War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, Rosemary Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8EU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 037 339
- Coordinates
- 51.09567, -0.51996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alfold War Memorial, dating from around 1920, is a granite structure situated on a concrete-covered base in the graveyard, approximately 5 meters east of and aligned with the chancel of the Church of St Nicholas.
The memorial features a Celtic cross that rises from an inscribed plinth, which is supported by a three-stepped square base. The cross is roughly-hewn and includes a sword of sacrifice moulded on the shaft, with the hilt positioned at the crossbar. The plinth has a polished front face, inscribed with applied lead lettering that reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918’, followed by the names of 16 fallen soldiers. Below this, a sloping tablet is inscribed with ‘1939-1945’, listing the names of five men who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Local climate
Alfold War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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