Buckland Newton War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, Buckland Newton, Dorset, DT2 7BZ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427601
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Buckland Newton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, Buckland Newton, Dorset, DT2 7BZ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1427601
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Buckland Newton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, Buckland Newton, Dorset, DT2 7BZ
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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:
- Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, Buckland Newton, Dorset, DT2 7BZ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Buckland Newton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6874305278
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Buckland Newton War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Rood, 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: with the Grade I-listed Church of the Holy Rood.
History
A Faculty to erect Buckland Newton War Memorial in the parish churchyard was applied for from Salisbury Diocese in 1920. The memorial is in remembrance of the men of the parish who died in the First World War, with names added at a later date for the Second World War.
The name of EH Dibben was added on 24 July 2011. Edwin Dibben had emigrated from Buckland Newton and was killed whilst serving with the Australian Imperial Force in the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916. His remains were identified and reburied in 2008, following the archaeological excavation of the mass grave at Pheasant Wood, Fromellles, in which he had been interred.
Details
The memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Rood (Grade I-listed), close to the entrance gate and in front of the church tower. It is a rough-hewn granite Celtic cross with a plain wheel-head, approximately 2m tall. A reversed sword is carved in relief on the front face of the cross. The cross shaft stands on a simple plinth, that stands on a square base set at ground level. The plinth bears the inscriptions in dressed panels, in applied metal lettering:
(north-west face) THIS CROSS HAS BEEN ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF BUCKLAND NEWTON/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (15 NAMES)
(south-west face) 1939-1945 (3 NAMES)/ 1914-1918./ (1 NAME)
Sources
Websites
Buckland Newton Community Website - The War Memorial, accessed 27/05/2015 from http://www.bucklandnewton.com/war_memorial.htm
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Buckland Newton, accessed 27/05/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=827
Other
Buckland Newton, Dorset: Faculty for a War Memorial Cross. Design and plan (1920). Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, D/1/61/60/5
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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