Cheddington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2015. War memorial.
Cheddington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-doorway-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cheddington War Memorial, Junction of High Street and New Street, the Green, LU7 0RJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 921 173
- Coordinates
- 51.84749, -0.66405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cheddington War Memorial is located at the northern edge of The Green in Cheddington village. Constructed from grey granite, it features a tall obelisk set on a square, chamfered plinth, which is raised on a three-stepped base. A plain Latin cross is carved in relief on the front face of the obelisk. The memorial is surrounded by a low hedge and flowerbed at the front and sides.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF/ CHEDDINGTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (18 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Additionally, there is a Second World War inscription on a small, sloping stone fixed on the middle step of the base, which reads: "1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES)."
Local climate
Cheddington 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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