War Memorial at the Junction of Church Street and High Street
WAR MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND HIGH STREET, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392032
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at the Junction of Church Street and High Street
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND HIGH STREET, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392032
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial at the Junction of Church Street and High Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND HIGH STREET, CHURCH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND HIGH STREET, HIGH STREET
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:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND HIGH STREET, CHURCH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND HIGH STREET, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Easton on the Hill
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 01210 04268
Details
EASTON ON THE HILL
1745/0/10018 CHURCH STREET
19-JUN-07 War Memorial at the junction of Church
Street and High Street
HIGH STREET
War Memorial at the junction of Church
Street and High Street
II
War memorial of Wittering Pendle and Clipsham stone, designed by Henry Traylen and erected in 1920. Four stepped base surmounted by an octagonal plinth, tapering shaft and cross. Copper plaques are on the sides of the plinth. The memorial bears the inscription `IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF EASTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (NAMES), ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NCO'S AND MEN OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE WHO WERE KILLED IN OR NEAR THIS PLACE DURING THE YEAR 1918 (NAMES), DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES (NAMES), ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939-1945 (NAMES).
HISTORY.
The war memorial was paid for by public subscription following a meeting in 1919 of all the villagers. The Marquis of Exeter donated gravel and stone and local men offered to build the monument. The memorial was unveiled in 5th May 1920 by the Marquess of Exeter and Major Davidson of the RAF.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE.
The war memorial at Easton on the Hill is a good example of a simple, but elegant memorial in a prominent position in the village and is an important historical and architectural testament to the men from the village who died in the First and Second World Wars. There is a presumption in favour of designating free-standing war memorials as they are an important reminder of nationally and internationally significant events which had a tragic impact on local communities. The war memorial is an architecturally distinct and fitting tribute to the fallen of two World Wars.
Listing NGR TF0121004268
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, 17 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 502461
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8461
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/178792
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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