Bozeat War Memorial
Bozeat Cemetery, Easton Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire, NN29 7NN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428093
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bozeat War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Bozeat Cemetery, Easton Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire, NN29 7NN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428093
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Bozeat War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Bozeat Cemetery, Easton Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire, NN29 7NN
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.
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:
- Bozeat Cemetery, Easton Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire, NN29 7NN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bozeat
- National Grid Reference:
- SP9033659060
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bozeat War Memorial, in the village cemetery on Easton Lane, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: as a simple but well-executed stone obelisk.
History
Bozeat War Memorial was unveiled on 3 July 1920 by Rev WD Serjeant, former vicar of the parish, at a ceremony attended by local clergy, Parish Council representatives, ex-servicemen and villagers. It was designed and carved by Mr S Sandy of Rushden at a cost of £80. Further inscriptions were added following the Second World War.
Details
The memorial stands in the village cemetery alongside the main footpath. Overall c3.5m tall, it comprises a Weldon limestone obelisk set on a square plinth, itself on a shallow two-stage base. The memorial stands on a small, square, area of paving, on which have been placed small flower holders.
Set into the front of the plinth is a grey marble panel inscribed SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR,/1914 - 1918. The names of those who fell appear on similar panels to the plinth sides.
At the base of the obelisk an inset marble panel is inscribed SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945. The names of those who fell in the Second World War appear on side panels around the base of the obelisk.
The small flower holders standing around the war memorial are not of special interest.
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
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/15017
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/108838
Other
The Northampton Mercury, “Bozeat War Memorial”, 9 July 1920, p10
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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