Tansor War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 2015. War memorial.
Tansor War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-screen-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TL 053 908
- Coordinates
- 52.50577, -0.44898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tansor War Memorial is located in the churchyard near the east end of the Grade II*-listed church of St Mary the Virgin. It stands approximately 3 meters tall and features a limestone cross designed in the medieval style. The cross has a Greek cross head with a raised crown on its face, set upon a rectangular shaft. This shaft rises from an octagonal plinth, which is supported by a two-stepped octagonal base.
Four faces of the plinth display inscriptions. The first face honors the men of Tansor who lost their lives in World War I, stating: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF TANSOR WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914-1918 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The second face offers a message of hope: "THAT HAVING ALL THINGS DONE, AND ALL YOUR CONFLICTS PAST, YE MAY OBTAIN THROUGH CHRIST ALONE A CROWN OF JOY AT LAST." The third face reads: "THEIR REWARD IS WITH THE LORD AND THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH." The names of the six men from the parish who died are inscribed on the fourth face.
Local climate
Tansor War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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