Cotehill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2018. War memorial.
Cotehill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dim-lancet-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cotehill War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John, Peter Gate, Cumbria, Wetheral, CA4 0EA
- OS grid reference
- NY 469 501
- Coordinates
- 54.8436, -2.8279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cotehill War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, located in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist Church on Peter Gate in Cotehill, Cumbria. It is prominently positioned at the west end of the church, facing the main road. The memorial features a Latin cross with the word "PEACE" at its center, set on a straight, tapering shaft, a four-sided plinth, and a single-stepped base. The plinth includes inscriptions in leaded lettering.
The inscription reads: "PEACE // IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF / THE UNDERMENTIONED MEN OF / COTEHILL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914–1918 / (NAMES) / “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” // WORLD WAR II / 1939 – 1945 / THESE ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES / (NAMES) / (NAME) / KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION."
Local climate
Cotehill War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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