Woodford War Memorial on the Green
War Memorial, The Green, Woodford, NN14 4HF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426166
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Woodford War Memorial on the Green
- Statutory Address:
- War Memorial, The Green, Woodford, NN14 4HF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426166
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Woodford War Memorial on the Green
- Statutory Address 1:
- War Memorial, The Green, Woodford, NN14 4HF
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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:
- War Memorial, The Green, Woodford, NN14 4HF
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:
- SP9668176955
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Woodford War Memorial, which stands on the village Green, 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 substantial stone obelisk, standing prominently on the village’s main open space.
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 at a ceremony led by four clergymen; the memorial Calvary in the churchyard was unveiled on 15 October 1921.
Between the 1950s and c2000 the obelisk on the green was surrounded by a memorial garden. This has been reverted to grass.
Details
The war memorial stands on the large Green at the village centre. It comprises a c5m tall sandstone obelisk with a reversed sword carved in relief on its front face. Beneath, at the base of the obelisk, HONOUR is carved in relief. The obelisk stands on a square, splayed, plinth, this set upon a four-stepped octagonal base. The memorial is c7.5 m tall overall.
The front face of the plinth is inscribed TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1919. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the other three sides. A stone let into the front face of the second step bears an inscription for the Second World War: TO THE MEMORY OF THESE MEN, WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 (8 NAMES).
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 12/12/2015 from http://www.woodfordonline.org.uk/memorial.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14935
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/197542
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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