War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, BOLTER END LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393799
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, BOLTER END LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393799
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-2010
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, BOLTER END LANE
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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, BOLTER END LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Piddington and Wheeler End
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 80273 93025
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in Wheeler End is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is an eloquent witness to the impact of world events on this small village. * Its simple but striking design and rudimentary construction are a moving reminder of the sacrifice made by this small rural community in both world wars.
Details
PIDDINGTON AND WHEELER END
1185/0/10007 BOLTER END LANE
01-FEB-10 Wheeler End
War memorial
II
War memorial. 1922
The memorial consists of a wooden cross with tapering shaft above a tall, slender column. It is surrounded by a wooden picket fence. Both cross and fence are painted white. The names of those who died, ten from the World War I and three from World War II, are hand painted on the memorial.
HISTORY
The war memorial at Wheeler End was erected to commemorate those who died in the First World War. It was donated by Mr Benjamin Plumridge, of The Bungalow, in April 1922. It was officially unveiled on Easter Tuesday 1922, as reported in the South Bucks Free Press 21st April 1922. The location was chosen as it stands next to the open common on which the fallen had played.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION:
The war memorial in Wheeler End is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It is an eloquent witness to the impact of world events on this small village.
* Its simple but striking design and rudimentary construction are a moving reminder of the sacrifice made by this small rural community 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, 11 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 504241
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8337
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/114984
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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