Barnwell War Memorial

The churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Church Lane, Barnwell, Northamptonshire, PE8 5PG

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First World War memorial 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:: 1429181
Date first listed:: 21-Sep-2015
List Entry Name:: Barnwell War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Church Lane, Barnwell, Northamptonshire, PE8 5PG

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1429181
Date first listed:: 21-Sep-2015
List Entry Name:: Barnwell War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Church Lane, Barnwell, Northamptonshire, PE8 5PG

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: The churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Church Lane, Barnwell, Northamptonshire, PE8 5PG

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

District:: North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Barnwell
National Grid Reference:: TL0492384935

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

Barnwell War Memorial, standing in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, 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: an elegant limestone wheel-head cross; * Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Andrew.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was raised within the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Barnwell, to commemorate the 16 local men who died during the conflict. A further inscription was later added to the memorial, to commemorate five servicemen who died during the Second World War.

Details

The war memorial stands in the south-east part of the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew (Listed Grade I). It comprises a c5m tall limestone wheel-head cross, ornamented with a raised central boss, set on a tapering, square-sectioned, shaft. That is set on a tapering square plinth, itself set on a square, two-stepped, base.

On the front of the plinth is inscribed IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ BARNWELL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR ENGLAND/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 + 1918/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. The names of the fallen are recorded on the side faces, while to the rear, carved below 1939 + 1945, are the names of those lost their lives in the Second World War.

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 Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/207559
War Memorials Register, accessed 17 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8458

Legal

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