Whitgift War Memorial
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Main Street, Whitgift, East Yorkshire, DN14 8HH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430992
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Whitgift War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, Main Street, Whitgift, East Yorkshire, DN14 8HH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1430992
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Whitgift War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, Main Street, Whitgift, East Yorkshire, DN14 8HH
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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:
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, Main Street, Whitgift, East Yorkshire, DN14 8HH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Twin Rivers
- National Grid Reference:
- SE8084622710
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Whitgift War Memorial, situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, 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 made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a well executed stone cross;
* Group Value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary Magdalene.
History
Whitgift War Memorial was designed by Messrs Tyas & Guest. It was unveiled on 14 May 1921 by the Vicar, Reverend J Herring, and dedicated by Bishop Iliff, commemorating the 14 servicemen from the parish who had died during the First World War. Further inscriptions were added after the Second World War, commemorating those six who died as a result of that conflict. Conservation and repair work was carried out in 2013, funded by War Memorials Trust.
Tyas & Guest was a monumental masons firm in Swinton, responsible for a number of war memorials, some of which are listed: including the Grade II-listed monuments at Holy Trinity Church, Thorpe Hesley, Stainforth War Memorial and Harworth War Memorial.
Details
The tall stone memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene (Grade I-listed), near to the church tower. It comprises a Latin cross with decorated mouldings at the ends of the cross arms and a moulded foot, rising from a tapering octagonal shaft. The moulded foot of the shaft stands on an octagonal plinth. That stands on a two-stepped base which is placed on a shallow, square, step.
The principal dedication carved into the north face of the plinth reads REMEMBER/ THE BRAVE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. The names of those who fell in the First World War are listed by years on the plinth faces to either side. A later inscription on the south face of the plinth reads THESE ALSO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939 – 1945, below which and to the right are listed the names of those who died during, or later as a result of, the Second World War.
Running around the faces of the upper step of the base an inscription reads ETERNAL REST/ GRANT/ UNTO THEM,/ O LORD,/ AND LET LIGHT/ PERPETUAL/ SHINE UPON THEM. All inscriptions are incised and painted black. The name of the monumental masons firm is carved into the front face of the lower step of the base.
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 Register, accessed 22/10/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/51656
War Memorials Trust, War Memorials Online, accessed 22/10/2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/131958
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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