War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, NEWPORT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392640
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-2008
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, NEWPORT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392640
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-2008
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, NEWPORT ROAD
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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, NEWPORT ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Albrighton and Donington
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ8081204442
Reasons for Designation
Albrighton's war memorial is designated, for the following principal reasons: * as the memorial to the members of this community who gave their lives in the First and Second World War * erected soon after the First War, in 1920, its calvary form remembers roadside calvaries seen in Flanders
Details
ALBRIGHTON
207/0/10006 NEWPORT ROAD
07-JUL-08 War Memorial
II
Village war memorial. A wooden calvary beneath a curved canopy with the Christ figure carved from olive wood. Two metres high overall. On the shaft beneath are carved 1914-1918 followed by 19 names ordered by surname; and 1939-1945 followed by eight names. The calvary is set on a two-stepped stone base.
HISTORY: The memorial was unveiled in 1920. It is now cared for by the parish council and remains the focus of commemorative activity.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: Albrighton's war memorial is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* as the memorial to the members of this community who gave their lives in the First and Second World War
* erected soon after the First War, in 1920, its calvary form remembers roadside calvaries seen in Flanders
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, 19 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 504941
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37948
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/245136
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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