Denton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 2015. War memorial.
Denton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- still-mortar-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Denton War Memorial, The Churchyard of the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Church Way, NN7 1DG
- OS grid reference
- SP 838 579
- Coordinates
- 52.21352, -0.77491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Denton War Memorial is a grey Forest of Dean stone cross approximately 3.5 meters high, situated in the churchyard south of the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial is set on a tapering square plinth that rests on a two-stepped base. The plinth features carved dedications and names of those commemorated:
On the north face, it reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1919 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.'"
The east face lists six names, the south face includes the years 1939 – 1945 and seven names, and the west face has six names.
Local climate
Denton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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