Glinton War Memorial
The Churchyard of the Church of St Benedict, High Street, Glinton, Cambridgeshire, PE6 7LS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428145
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Glinton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The Churchyard of the Church of St Benedict, High Street, Glinton, Cambridgeshire, PE6 7LS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428145
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Glinton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Churchyard of the Church of St Benedict, High Street, Glinton, Cambridgeshire, PE6 7LS
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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:
- The Churchyard of the Church of St Benedict, High Street, Glinton, Cambridgeshire, PE6 7LS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Peterborough (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Glinton
- National Grid Reference:
- TF1541405959
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Glinton War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the church of St Benedict, 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed church of St Benedict.
History
Glinton war memorial was unveiled and dedicated in October 1920 by the Bishop of Leicester. It was paid for by public subscription. Inscriptions commemorating those who died during the Second World War were added at a later date.
Details
The war memorial stands in the south part of the churchyard of the Church of St Benedict (listed Grade I), in front of the porch. It takes the form of a 4m tall Weldon limestone cross, with an elaborate foliate head on an octagonal shaft. The transition between the cross and shaft is marked by a carved collar, and the shaft has a moulded foot.
The shaft rises from a square plinth carrying inscriptions carved in relief:
(north face) IN THANKFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THESE MEN/ WHO DIED FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 (8 NAMES).
(west face) ALSO/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945 (3 NAMES).
The plinth is set on a slightly raised square base. In 2015 a shallow stone surround was added to the top of the base; this carries the names of those who fell in both world wars, and the dedication WHEN YOU GO HOME TELL THEM OF US AND SAY/ FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY.
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, 16 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
"Local War Memorials - Conservation or Restoration?", Village Tribune online, accessed 21/04/2015 from http://www.villagetribune.org.uk/local-history/local-war-memorials-%E2%80%93-conservation-or-restoration
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8432
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/114891
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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