Beckingham War Memorial

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War memorial, unveiled in 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1421789
Date first listed:: 09-Dec-2014
List Entry Name:: Beckingham War Memorial

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1421789
Date first listed:: 09-Dec-2014
List Entry Name:: Beckingham War Memorial
Location Description:: Rectory Gardens, Beckingham

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

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County:: Nottinghamshire
District:: Bassetlaw (District Authority)
Parish:: Beckingham
National Grid Reference:: SK7786690284

Summary

War memorial, unveiled in 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Beckingham War Memorial, Rectory Gardens, opposite the church of All Saints, unveiled in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Group value: is conferred by its close proximity with the church of All Saints (Grade II*).

History

The war memorial, in remembrance of men from Beckingham lost in the First World War, was unveiled on 29 May 1920 by Major Bell and dedicated by the vicar.

Details

War memorial, unveiled in 1920.

The memorial, of Portland stone, comprises a modest Latin cross set on a narrow shaft rising from a square plinth on a square, three-step base. The plinth is inscribed on the south face: GIVING THANKS TO GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF/ BECKINGHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of the ten who fell in the First World War appear on the flanking west and east faces. Also attached to the east side of the memorial, on the second step, is a stone plaque giving the name of one man who fell in the Second World War.

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, 24 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/131366
War Memorials Register, accessed 24 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26848
Other
Bassetlaw Outdoor War Memorials Survey, May 2014,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.