Nether Heyford War Memorial
The Green, Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire, NN7 3LE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433005
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Nether Heyford War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The Green, Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire, NN7 3LE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1433005
- Date first listed:
- 08-Mar-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Nether Heyford War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Green, Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire, NN7 3LE
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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 Green, Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire, NN7 3LE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Nether Heyford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP6592058548
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions.
Reasons for Designation
Nether Heyford’s war memorial, on the edge of The Green, is listed at Grade II for the following 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 Celtic cross.
History
A memorial to the men of Nether and Upper Heyford who fell in the First World War was under discussion in May 1919. Designed by Messrs J G Pullen and Sons, it was unveiled in February 1921 by Lieutenant Colonel J C Livingstone Learmouth, the service being conducted by Reverend Henry Isham Longden.
Details
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on a small triangular green at the meeting point of several roads at the north point of The Green in the centre of the settlement. It is a grey granite Celtic cross, c. 3 m high, with some limited interlace ornament and HIS in the centre of the cross-head. On its plinth is inscribed IN AFFECTIONATE AND/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF HEYFORD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919. On two side panels are the names of the fallen, while on the fourth side is inscribed OUR FALLEN/ OF THE SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939-1945 (names) ‘WE WILL REMEMBER THEM’.
The memorial has a flagged surround; a chain supported by iron posts defines the war memorial enclosure.
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, 17 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
Northampton Mercury, 23 May 1919, accessed 15 October 2015 from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000317/19190523/033/0004
War Memorials Register, accessed 26 January 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/15084
War Memorials Online, accessed 17 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/217048
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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