Lelley War Memorial

Main Street, Lelley, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Overview

First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1434743
Date first listed:: 09-May-2016
List Entry Name:: Lelley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Main Street, Lelley, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1434743
Date first listed:: 09-May-2016
List Entry Name:: Lelley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Main Street, Lelley, East Riding of Yorkshire

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Main Street, Lelley, East Riding of Yorkshire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Elstronwick
National Grid Reference:: TA2093532461

Summary

First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Lelley War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: as a simple yet well-crafted example of the shelter type of war memorial.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Lelley as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates 15 local servicemen who died during the First World War, and presumably like most English war memorials was erected in the years after the conflict ended.

Following the Second World War, eight names of those who lost their lives in that war were added on a plaque in a similar style..

In 2014 a project to repair and conserve the memorial was undertaken.

Details

MATERIALS: Brick wall, marble plaques, timber bench.

DESCRIPTION: Lelley war memorial is located on the roadside of Main Street, Lelley. The memorial consists of brick built angled supporting wall with two inset marble plaques and bench seating running between. The left hand plaque commemorates the fallen of the First World War and reads: LELLEY/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ FOR THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR OF/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES). The right hand plaque commemorates the fallen of the Second World War and reads: LELLEY/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ FOR THOSE WHO SERVED/ IN THE 1939-1945 WAR (NAMES).

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 1 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 March 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/189360
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/35203
War Memorials Trust, accessed 31 March 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1223
War Memorials Trust, accessed 31 March 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1223

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.