Highbridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. Memorial.
Highbridge War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hidden-cellar-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Highbridge War Memorial, Church Street, Sedgemoor, Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge, TA9 3HT
- OS grid reference
- ST 320 476
- Coordinates
- 51.22354, -2.97445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Highbridge War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected and dedicated in 1921 to honor the 67 men from the parish of Highbridge who died while serving their country. It includes later additions for the Second World War, commemorating 19 fallen soldiers from that conflict.
The memorial is made of stone and features a tall square pedestal, which is inscribed on one side with "AD 1921" and is set on a stone base. At the top, it has a decorative bell-shaped capping stone that is topped with a Latin cross. Marble tablets are attached to three sides of the pedestal.
On the upper section of the front face of the pedestal, there is a marble tablet with the main dedicatory inscription: "ERECTED IN GRATEFUL & AFFECTIONATE MEMORY TO THE MEN OF HIGHBRIDGE WHO FELL WHILST SERVING IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." The lower section of the front face, as well as the left and right faces, display additional tablets bearing the names of the fallen from the First World War. There is also a tablet attached to the base of the memorial inscribed with "ALSO IN THE 1939-1945 WAR (NAMES)."
Local climate
Highbridge War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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