Marsworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 2015. War memorial.
Marsworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-passage-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Marsworth War Memorial, All Saints Church, HP23 4LX
- OS grid reference
- SP 920 146
- Coordinates
- 51.82252, -0.66639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Marsworth War Memorial is located in the north-east of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, which is a Grade II*-listed building, and is prominently situated in the village. The memorial is a tall cross made of Portland stone, featuring an octagonal shaft and arms. The cross head has square terminals, and the shaft ends in a moulded foot that rests on a square plinth. This plinth is set upon a three-stepped base. Each side of the plinth has recessed panels with inscriptions.
On the north face, the inscription reads: “GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS.” The east face lists 11 names. The south face commemorates: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS/ VILLAGE WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR OF/ 1914 – 1918. The west face notes the years 1939 – 1945 and includes 3 names.
Local climate
Marsworth War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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