Dallington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 2016. War memorial.
Dallington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-threshold-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Dallington War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Mary's Church, Dallington Road, Northampton, NN5 7BW
- OS grid reference
- SP 738 617
- Coordinates
- 52.24934, -0.92028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dallington War Memorial is an elaborate Weldon stone cross, approximately 6 meters high, located in the south-east corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, which is also listed at Grade II*. The memorial features a three-stepped base made up of two octagonal steps and a square step, topped by a square plinth with angle buttresses. From the plinth rises a square-based pillar that transitions into an octagonal tapering shaft, which includes an integral cross with foliate ends. Surrounding the head of the cross is a laurel wreath.
Each side of the plinth has a recessed gothic panel. The front panel bears the inscription: 'THOSE WHOM THIS/ CROSS COMMEMORATES/ HEARD THE CALL OF/ GOD, KING & COUNTRY./ THEY LEFT ALL THAT/ WAS DEAR TO THEM./ THEY ENDURED HARDNESS,/ FACED DANGER, AND PASSED/ OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE./ THEY GAVE THEIR OWN/ LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM./ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER/ SEE TO IT THAT THEIR/ NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN'. The names of the fallen are listed on two side panels.
Local climate
Dallington War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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