Brompton-on-Swale War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 2013. War memorial.
Brompton-on-Swale War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rooted-lantern-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 2013
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- SE 221 996
- Coordinates
- 54.39191, -1.66098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brompton-on-Swale War Memorial is a granite Celtic cross erected after the First World War. It features applied inscriptions on the cross base and is set on a simple, single limestone step within a kerbed enclosure.
The main inscription is located on the south face and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN THANKFUL / REMEMBRANCE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE / GREAT EUROPEAN WAR / 1914 -1918," followed by the names of 11 individuals, listed by first name and surname without reference to rank or unit.
The east face of the memorial includes the inscription: "ALSO TO THOSE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945," followed by an additional 11 names in the same format as those on the south face.
Local climate
Brompton-on-Swale War Memorial receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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