Worsley War Memorial

The churchyard, St Mark's Church, Worsley Brow, Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2WH

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First World War memorial, 1922. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438666
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Worsley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The churchyard, St Mark's Church, Worsley Brow, Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2WH

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438666
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Worsley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The churchyard, St Mark's Church, Worsley Brow, Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2WH

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: The churchyard, St Mark's Church, Worsley Brow, Walkden Road, Worsley, M28 2WH

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

District:: Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SD7454400689

Summary

First World War memorial, 1922.

Reasons for Designation

Worsley War Memorial, which stands alongside the Church of St Mark, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War; * Architectural interest: an elegant memorial cross; * Degree of survival: unusually the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration and thus retains its original design intent; * Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Mark.

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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also 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 Worsley 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 103 local servicemen who died during the conflict. The memorial was unveiled on 10 April 1922 by the Earl of Ellesmere. It was conserved in 2008.

Details

MATERIALS: Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: Worsley War Memorial stands near the W door of the Church of St Mark (Grade I-listed) in Worsley, Salford. It consists of a Cornish granite cross fleury on a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from an octagonal plinth, which stands on a three-stepped base. The top two steps are octagonal, the lowest is square in plan. The plinth has a moulded cap and base and the names of the fallen are inscribed around its faces. The memorial stands in a square gravelled area surrounded by a stone kerb.

The principal dedicatory inscription is located on the front face of the plinth, in a gothic script. It reads REMEMBER/ BEFORE GOD/ THE GALLANT DEAD/ WHOSE NAMES/ ARE WRITTEN HERE/ THOUGH MANY LIE/ IN OTHER LANDS/ THEY FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, accessed 11/08/2016 from http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/data/war_memorials_images.php?memorial=133
War Memorials Register, accessed 29/07/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26298
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 29/07/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=536

Legal

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

The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.