Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419855
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jul-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419855
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jul-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
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:
- Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Hackney (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3336386653
Summary
War memorial. Erected in 1948 by the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.
Reasons for Designation
The Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial, Abney Park Cemetery, is listed for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: a dignified and poignant testament to the impact of Second World War bombing on the local community;
* Setting: it is a notable monument within Abney Park Cemetery, a Grade II registered landscape.
History
The memorial commemorates the civilians of the Borough who lost their lives due to enemy action in the Second World War, and specifically the 122 people who were killed in air raids in seven locations within the Borough: Coronation Avenue, 98 Green Lanes, St Matthias Square, Lidfield Road, Londesborough Road, Defoe Road and Hermitage Road, many of whom are separately buried within the cemetery. Ninety-seven of the individuals died in a public shelter beneath a block of flats called Coronation Avenue on 13 October 1940, which took a direct hit.
Details
The memorial is in Portland stone and takes the form of a wall comprising four panels set within a hollow-chamfered frame, surmounted by a raised rectangular panel with a central carved badge, whose inscription reads: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOKE NEWINGTON / TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH ENEMY ACTION IN THE BOROUGH DURING WORLD WAR 1939-1945 AND IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THIS MEMORIAL / DEATH IS BUT CROSSING THE WORLD AS FRIENDS DO THE SEA - THEY LIVE IN ONE ANOTHER STILL. The four inset panels have leaded lists of the locations of the air raids and the names of those who died. To the front of the memorial is an area demarcated by stone kerbing with internal areas for planting. Three shallow steps lead up the centre of this area towards the memorial; at the top is a ledge with a pair of simple stone flower vases.
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, 10 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/11940
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/141339
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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