Hethersgill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2020. War memorial.
Hethersgill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eastward-chimney-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hethersgill War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Cumbria, CA6 6EJ
- OS grid reference
- NY 478 670
- Coordinates
- 54.99571, -2.817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hethersgill War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of Aberdeen granite and is prominently located facing the main road within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. The memorial features a wheel-head cross with a central boss and Celtic knot-work relief on the arms. It has a short, tapering shaft adorned with intricate knot-work carvings and sits atop a tapering plinth with a moulded foot for a base.
The plinth includes an incised granite plaque with the inscription:
IN MEMORY OF / THE GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914-1918 / [names] / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
On the rear of the memorial, there is a further inscription commemorating an individual:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A [name] / OBIT 22ND MARCH 1921.
The left side of the plinth features the Second World War inscription:
IN PROUD / REMEMBRANCE OF / [names] / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945.
Local climate
Hethersgill War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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