War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 2012. War memorial.
War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- blind-rubblework-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 2012
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard, Church of St Mary, Yarlington, South Somerset
- OS grid reference
- ST 654 292
- Coordinates
- 51.06182, -2.49409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard is a simple cross made of what is likely local Cary stone. It features a tapering, chamfered shaft set on a square plinth, which stands on an octagonal stone base with three steps. On the front (south) face of the plinth, there is a carved relief of a laurel wreath with the dates 1914 / 1918, and a sword in relief is depicted on the upper part of the shaft. The inscription on the south face reads: 'IN GRATITUDE TO THE MEN OF / YARLINGTON WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY BEYOND THE / SEAS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918'.
On the east face, a stone plaque is inscribed with the words: 'IF HIS DUST ONE DAY IS LYING/ IN AN UNFAMILIAR LAND / ENGLAND HE WENT FOR YOU / ENGLAND; THINK OF HIM AS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS / IN THE NOONTIDE AND THE EVEN / AS ONCE HE THOUGHT OF YOU'.
The west side of the memorial features the names of two local men who lost their lives in the Great War on the plinth, while a later plaque on the uppermost step of the base, also on the west face, bears the name of a local man who died during the Second World War.
Local climate
War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard 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 greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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