Burgh by Sands War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 2017. War memorial.
Burgh by Sands War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gentle-vestry-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Burgh by Sands War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA5 6AW
- OS grid reference
- NY 328 591
- Coordinates
- 54.92258, -3.04882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burgh by Sands War Memorial is made of Aberdeen granite and is situated in the Church of St Michael’s Cemetery Extension in Burgh By Sands. The memorial features a wheel-head cross on top of a rectangular tapered shaft, which is placed on a two-tiered tapered plinth and a single-stepped base.
The front face of the upper tier of the plinth is inscribed with "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918." The lower tier bears the inscription "THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM AND FOR HONOUR THEIR EXAMPLE WILL BE AN ABIDING INSPIRATION." The other faces of the memorial list the names of the fallen. On the back, there is a later inscription that reads "IN MEMORY OF THE ABOVE WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II 1939 – 1945."
Local climate
Burgh by Sands War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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