Creaton Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 2015. Memorial cross.
Creaton Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- patient-plinth-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 2015
- Type
- Memorial cross
- Address
- Creaton Memorial Cross, Churchyard of St Michael's Church, Violet Lane, NN6 8NH
- OS grid reference
- SP 706 718
- Coordinates
- 52.34026, -0.96507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Creaton Memorial Cross is located in the churchyard of St Michael's Church, which is designated as Grade II*. This memorial stands 4 meters tall and is made of Derbyshire stone, featuring a simple Celtic wheel-head design. The inscription "LEST WE FORGET" is found near the top of the square-sectioned shaft, which rises from a tapering plinth set on a three-stepped square base.
The front of the plinth bears the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE MEN/ FROM THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919./ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH." The names of those who died, including those from the Second World War, are listed on the sides of the plinth. On the rear face, the inscription reads: "SO THEY PASSED OVER/ AND ALL THE TRUMPETS/ SOUNDED FOR/ THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE./ LET THOSE/ THAT COME AFTER SEE TO IT/ THAT THEIR NAMES BE/ NOT FORGOTTEN."
Local climate
Creaton Memorial Cross 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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