Great Hatfield War Memorial

Main Street, Great Hatfield, East Yorkshire, HU11 4US

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First World War memorial, 1919. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1430758
Date first listed:: 05-Nov-2015
List Entry Name:: Great Hatfield War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Main Street, Great Hatfield, East Yorkshire, HU11 4US

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1430758
Date first listed:: 05-Nov-2015
List Entry Name:: Great Hatfield War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Main Street, Great Hatfield, East Yorkshire, HU11 4US

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:: Main Street, Great Hatfield, East Yorkshire, HU11 4US

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

District:: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Hatfield
National Grid Reference:: TA1847442906

Summary

First World War memorial, 1919.

Reasons for Designation

Great Hatfield War Memorial, situated on Main Street, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War.

History

Great Hatfield War Memorial was unveiled in 1919. It stood originally at the junction of North Road and Main Street. Conservation and repair work was carried out in 2002, funded by War Memorials Trust, including the relocation of the memorial to its current position having been knocked over twice by vehicles.

Details

The memorial stands in a grassed area on the north side of Main Street, some 150m to the east of its original position. Built of Portland stone and c2.4m tall, it comprises an obelisk that rises from a tall, square plinth with a moulded capital. The plinth is decorated with carved rope-twist borders and segments with floral motifs. The plinth stands on a two-stepped, square, base.

The front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads HATFIELD/ 1914 – 1919/ WAR MEMORIAL/ FALLEN/ (1 NAME)/ SERVED (13 NAMES). An inscription on the front face of the top step of the base reads WHAT MEAN YE BY THESE STONES?/ THESE SHALL BE FOR A MEMORIAL FOREVER/ JOSHUA IV 6.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 1 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/89366
War Memorials Register, accessed 15/06/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/35050
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Great Hatfield, accessed 15/06/2015 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=257

Legal

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