War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391851
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391851
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
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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:
- WAR MEMORIAL, THE GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Biddestone & Slaughterford
- National Grid Reference:
- ST8643273533
Details
BIDDESTONE
1099/0/10013 THE GREEN
05-FEB-07 War memorial
GV II
War memorial, 1920. Architect unknown. Granite base topped by a cross of local limestone. Shaft and cross are of octagonal section, c.3.2m high, raised on a chamfered plinth with pyramidal stops and a three-stepped platform of rubble stone. The three arms forming the cross are embellished with cusping, as is the shaft. The plinth is inscribed on four sides. The south side reads : "IN MEMORY OF / BIDDESTONE MEN / WHO DIED IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-19". The other three sides of the plinth carry the names of those who fell in both World Wars.
HISTORY: The memorial was dedicated in 1920 in a ceremony involving local clergy and dignitaries. It commemorates the eleven men of the village who died in the First World War, and three more who lost their lives in World War II.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE :
War memorials are highly significant commemorative structures with a strong historical and cultural connection to many small communities across the country. This simple limestone cross, standing over 3m high, stands as an arresting monument in a prominent position on the village green, and commemorates the men of Biddestone lost in both World Wars.
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 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 502330
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23879
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/100246
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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