Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial

Wollaston Cemetery, Cobb's Lane, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, NN29 7SL

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First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428361
Date first listed:: 17-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Wollaston Cemetery, Cobb's Lane, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, NN29 7SL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1428361
Date first listed:: 17-Aug-2015
List Entry Name:: Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Wollaston Cemetery, Cobb's Lane, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, NN29 7SL

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Wollaston Cemetery, Cobb's Lane, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, NN29 7SL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Wollaston
National Grid Reference:: SP9073463044

Summary

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial, which stands in the village cemetery, 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: a well-executed medieval-style cross.

History

Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial was designed and built by Messrs Higgins of Wellingborough. It was unveiled on 11 June 1921 by Lord Althorp during an ecumenical ceremony attended by local clergy, representatives of the Parish Council, ex-servicemen, uniformed groups and villagers. The land on which the memorial stands was given to the church for the purpose, by Miss Keep who owned the adjoining field.

There were originally 82 names of those who fell in the First World War, and eight of those who fell in the Second. In 2006 additional names were added, and the memorial now records the names of 90 men who died in the First World War.

Details

The war memorial stands on the east side of the extensive village cemetery in Cobbs Lane, in a bay created by the cemetery wall being carried outward. Approximately 4m high, it comprises a Weldon stone wheel-head cross which rises a tapering shaft. The shaft stands on an octagonal plinth, which stands on a two-stepped octagonal base of Derbyshire stone (with an outer kerb).

A panel of Hopton Wood marble is set into each face of the plinth. That on the front has an inscription which reads ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ WOLLASTON/ AND/ STRIXTON/ MEN WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1918./ “FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.” The names of the fallen appear on the other panels. A panel set into the front face of the upper step reads 1939 – 1945; one on the rear reads 1914 – 1918. The names of those who fell during the Second World War are inscribed on similar panels around the upper step, with the additional names of the First World War dead added in 2006.

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

Books and journals
Hall, D., Wollaston: Portrait of a VIllage, (1977), 257
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/189018
War Memorials Register, accessed 28/04/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37472
Other
“Lord Althrop and Sir Ryland Adkins MP at Wollaston”, Northampton Mercury, 17 June 1921, p3

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.