War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2007. Memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-corbel-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 2007
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Crathorne
- OS grid reference
- NZ 442 074
- Coordinates
- 54.46048, -1.3196
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crathorne War Memorial, built around 1919, is made of sandstone and takes the form of a cross mounted on a double octagonal plinth. The front of the cross features a single incised line with a central circle. At the base of the cross, the names of five individuals who fell in the war are inscribed, including Sister Alice Welford. The left side of the memorial bears the inscription: "IN/EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF/THOSE WHO FELL/AND/THOSE WHO FOUGHT/IN THE GREAT WAR," while the right side displays the dates "1914/1918." On the rear, a poem is inscribed: "THERE IS BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL/FOR EACH ONE LIFE TO GIVE/WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL?/WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?" The front of the base states: "THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/BY/THE INHABITANTS OF CRATHORNE." The memorial is located in the front gardens of a reading room in the center of the village. War memorials like this one are significant as they reflect the impact of major world events on local communities, and this particular memorial has strong local connections, notably with a woman's name among those commemorated.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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