War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard, Davyhulme
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1416956
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard, Davyhulme
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1416956
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2014
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard, Davyhulme
- Location Description:
- War Memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme, Greater Manchester
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Trafford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ7571595620
Summary
First World War memorial, 1922, rough-hewn granite, Celtic cross design
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in St Mary's churchyard, Davyhulme is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: it has strong cultural and historic significance within both a local and national context;
* Commemorative: it forms an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community; the duplication of a number of surnames on the memorial's base serving to underline the extreme loss of the community's individual families;
* Group value: it has strong group value with the adjacent Grade II listed St Mary's Church in whose churchyard it stands.
History
The war memorial in St Mary's churchyard was erected in 1922. It was cleaned and renovated in 2008, and again in 2012, in time for the Armistice Day remembrance services.
Details
The war memorial is located to the centre of St Mary's churchyard alongside Davyhulme Road, to the north of the Grade II listed Church of St Mary the Virgin. It consists of a Celtic cross set upon a stepped plinth, and enclosed by a very low sandstone wall (added in 1960) that forms a raised planting bed. The cross' south face is adorned with a relief carving of a sword and the base incorporates in small relief bronze lettering the names of 21 men of the parish who were killed. The names include three repeated family names. The plinth immediately below has further bronze lettering that reads 'IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THE CHURCH/ AND SCHOOLS OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918'. The west face of the plinth has bronze lettering that reads 'REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THE GALLANT SOULS/ WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN HERE', whilst the east face bears the words 'THEIR MEMORY WILL NEVER DIE'.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/45235
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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