Swerford War Memorial
SWERFORD WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH END
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391555
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Swerford War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- SWERFORD WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH END
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391555
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Swerford War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- SWERFORD WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH END
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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:
- SWERFORD WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH END
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Swerford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP3718931077
Details
SWERFORD
1711/0/10007 CHURCH END
05-APR-06 Swerford War Memorial
GV II
War memorial, erected after the First World War to honour the men of Swerford who served and died during the conflict, of local golden limestone.
It stands c.2.5m high, and comprises a squat stone obelisk set upon a cube with a recessed panel to each face set in turn on a plinth with two offsets.
The north panel (facing the church) has a carved inscription:
OF THE 35 MEN FROM/ SWERFORD WHO SERVED IN THE / KING'S FORCES FROM 1914-1918/ THE FOLLOWING GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/
The inscription is followed by six names.
The memorial stands in the middle of the village, on a small green opposite the medieval church of St. Mary (listed grade II*).
HISTORY: This war memorial was erected after the First World War to honour the men of Swerford who served and died during the conflict. Its architect, if indeed there was one, and precise date of erection are not known.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: Swerford's war memorial is of a very simple stone obelisk design but it stands as a permanent testimony to the sacrifice this small community made in the First Word War. The short list of names manifestly adds to the poignancy of this otherwise plain structure, which is made of very local materials. War memorials erected by communities to honour their war dead are generally considered of special interest because of their very strong historic and cultural significance, both on a local and a national scale.
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, 11 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495275
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/31689
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/92629
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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