Woburn War Memorial
WOBURN WAR MEMORIAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390994
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Woburn War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WOBURN WAR MEMORIAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390994
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Woburn War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WOBURN WAR MEMORIAL
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.
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:
- WOBURN WAR MEMORIAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Woburn
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 94938 33136
Details
WOBURN
1846/0/10010 Woburn War Memorial
24-MAY-04
GV II
War Memorial. 1920. Plinth by Frederick Mills and cross by J.P.White & Sons. The land was given on a 1,000 year lease by the 11th Duke of Bedford and he also helped to pay for the cross. Portland stone with bronze sword. Octagonal plinth with step and three diminishing tiers and cross of octagonal section. The North-western face has a bronze sword attached to the head and shaft of the cross. The topmost tier of the plinth is inscribed in Gothic script "For God/King and/Country". The middle tier has the names of those who died in both world wars in Latin script and the inscription "IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THE/PARISH OF WOBURN/WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES FIGHTING FOR/THEIR COUNTRY/AND FOR THEIR/HOMES IN THE GREAT/WAR OF 1914-1918". The lowest tier is inscribed "GREATER LOVE/HATH NO MAN/THAN THIS THAT/A MAN LAY DOWN/HIS LIFE FOR HIS/FRIENDS ST JOHN XV 13". The cross is set in a grassed and gravelled area. A typical example of a war memorial of this date. The monument forms a group with the Town Hall, Market Place [q.v.].
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:
- 491029
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1896
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/152467
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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