Helmdon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 2015. War memorial.
Helmdon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silver-bronze-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 587 439
- Coordinates
- 52.09053, -1.14369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Helmdon War Memorial is approximately 4 meters tall and is located on a small triangular green. It features an oversized wheel-head cross, which may appear larger due to the original height of the shaft, adorned with blind tracery at the center and along the arms. This cross is mounted on a square-sectioned shaft that rises from a short plinth, which in turn sits on a taller base made of a yellower stone. The memorial is surrounded by a concrete area.
Inscribed on the base of the shaft are the words: "REMEMBER HIM WHO DIED FOR US ALL FORGET NOT THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND." The names of those who died in the First World War are carved into the plinth, and a plaque has been added to commemorate one individual who died in the Second World War.
Additionally, there is a stone plaque set into the ground beside the memorial that lists the names of ten men from the US Army Air Corps who lost their lives in an aircraft crash at Astwell Castle Farm, located about 2 kilometers east of Helmdon, on 30 November 1943.
The modern post and chain fence surrounding the memorial is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Helmdon War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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