Holcot War Memorial
HOLCOT WAR MEMORIAL, BACK LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045920
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Holcot War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- HOLCOT WAR MEMORIAL, BACK LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045920
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Holcot War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOLCOT WAR MEMORIAL, BACK LANE
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HOLCOT WAR MEMORIAL, BACK LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Holcot
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 79242 69681
History
At a village meeting on 16 February 1920 to discuss brass memorial plaques in the church and chapel it was announced that Mrs Daniels, the patron of the living, wished to fund a war memorial cross. The memorial, designed and erected by Pullens of Northampton, was unveiled by the Rural Dean on 27 July 1920.
Details
SP76NE
12/50
HOLCOT
BACK LANE
Holcot War Memorial
(Formerly listed as War Memorial)
II
The war memorial stands on a road junction near the centre of the village, where Back Lane branches off Moulton Road. It comprises a c. 4 m tall, medieval-style, Weldon stone cross with an elaborate foliate head. That stands on a squat two-stage octagonal shaft which rises from a square plinth on a stepped octagonal base of Derbyshire stone. Around this is a modern pebble surround with kerb (not included in listing). Slate panels are inset in the plinth. That to the front is inscribed THIS CROSS WAS GIVEN BY/ MRS E.L. DANIELS/ THE PATRON OF THIS LIVING. The rear face is inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/. GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. The names of those who died in the war appear on the other two faces. The name of a villager who died in the Second World War was added on the front panel.
Sources; Northampton Mercury 20 February and 30 July 1920
Listing NGR: SP7924269681
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/05/2016
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 360303
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14980
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/211050
Other
Northampton Mercury, 20 February 1920
Northampton Mercury 30 July 1920
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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