Woodford War Memorial at St Mary's Church
Woodford War Memorial at St Mary's Church, Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodford, NN14 4EX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426163
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Woodford War Memorial at St Mary's Church
- Statutory Address:
- Woodford War Memorial at St Mary's Church, Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodford, NN14 4EX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426163
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Woodford War Memorial at St Mary's Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- Woodford War Memorial at St Mary's Church, Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodford, NN14 4EX
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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:
- Woodford War Memorial at St Mary's Church, Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodford, NN14 4EX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Woodford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP9692376729
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Woodford’s churchyard war memorial 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;
* Design: a well-carved limestone Calvary;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed St Mary’s church.
History
Woodford, unusually, has two freestanding war memorials. Following the end of the First World War a committee, under the Comrades Club, was formed to oversee the erection of a memorial in January 1919. It is believed that the church did not approve the design which was forthcoming – an obelisk – and accordingly arrangements were made to construct a second memorial in the churchyard near the north wall of the tower. The war memorial obelisk on the Green was unveiled on Woodford Feast Sunday (10 July) 1921; the memorial Calvary in the churchyard was unveiled on 15 October 1921 by Colonel Stopford-Sackville and dedicated by the Bishop of Peterborough.
Details
The war memorial stands in the churchyard in the angle of the tower and north aisle of St Mary’s church (listed Grade I). It comprises a c6m high limestone Calvary which is set at the head of a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft rises from a crenellated base. This is set on an octagonal plinth, which itself stands on a shallow octagonal base.
Inscribed on the plinth is 1939-1945, with the names of those commemorated below and on the flanking plinth faces. The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on a slate plaque set in to the north face of the church tower, behind the memorial. This plaque bears the principal inscription THIS CROSS IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF BRAVE MEN OF WOODFORD WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
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, 17 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
Woodford Village Website: War Memorials History, accessed 12/12/2014 from http://www.woodfordonline.org.uk/memorial.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14936
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/222221
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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