Hanham War Memorial

War memorial, Memorial Garden, Hanham Folk Centre, High Street, Hanham, BS15 3EJ

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A war memorial, dating from circa 1920, architect unknown. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1422371
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2014
List Entry Name:: Hanham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: War memorial, Memorial Garden, Hanham Folk Centre, High Street, Hanham, BS15 3EJ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1422371
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-2014
List Entry Name:: Hanham War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: War memorial, Memorial Garden, Hanham Folk Centre, High Street, Hanham, BS15 3EJ

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: War memorial, Memorial Garden, Hanham Folk Centre, High Street, Hanham, BS15 3EJ

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Hanham
National Grid Reference:: ST6433372258

Summary

A war memorial, dating from circa 1920, architect unknown.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial at Hanham is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reason: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20.

History

The war memorial in Hanham was erected in c.1920, on the junction of the High Street and Whittucks Road. It was later moved, due to a road widening scheme which threatened its location, and now stands within the town’s Memorial Gardens. It commemorates the men of the town who lost their lives in the First World War. The names of the Fallen from the Second World War are recorded on a separate plaque set into the platform at the foot of the memorial.

Details

A war memorial, dating from circa 1920, architect unknown.

MATERIALS: stone.

PLAN: the memorial is set on a square platform circa 2.4m across.

DESCRIPTION: the structure takes the form of a Celtic cross, set in a roughly-hewn, square base upon a wide platform, partly grassed. The lower portion of the shaft carries the inscription TO / THE GLORY / OF GOD; the front face of the base is inscribed AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ALL THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM / IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1918.; followed by the names of the 69 men who fell in the conflict, all in a Serif font. At the foot of the base, set within the grassed area, a matching stone tablet is inscribed 1939 REMEMBER THEM AND THOSE WHO / WEPT 1945, below which are the names of the 26 men who died during the Second World War.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 11 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 11 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/183568
War Memorials Register, accessed 11 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7380

Legal

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