Keinton Mandeville War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434475
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Keinton Mandeville War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1434475
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Keinton Mandeville War Memorial
- Location Description:
- In the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Keinton Mandeville, Somerset
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Keinton Mandeville
- National Grid Reference:
- ST5477930054
Summary
A memorial commemorating the men of the parish of Keinton Mandeville who lost their lives whilst serving their country during the First World War and subsequently also those men who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
The Keinton Mandeville War Memorial, erected in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene after the First World War to commemorate the men in the parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country, and subsequently also those who lost their lives during the Second World War, 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 community;
* Architectural interest: for the quality of the design and craftsmanship of this dignified memorial;
* Group value: with the listed buildings which form its setting, namely the Church of St Mary Magdalene, and a monument within the churchyard.
History
The memorial cross situated in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene's Church in Keinton Mandeville was erected after the First World War (1914-1918) to commemorate the fourteen men in the parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country. Subsequently a further two names were added after the Second World War (1939-1945). A total of 93 men of Keinton Mandeville served in the First World War and 61 during the Second World War.
Details
A memorial situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary in Keinton Mandeville, commemorating the men of the parish who lost their lives whilst serving their country during the First World War and subsequently also those men who lost their lives during the Second World War.
The stone memorial consists of a plain Latin cross with a square shaft, set on a tapered plinth with a square base. The west face of the cross has a carved laurel wreath at the top, with underneath in leaded lettering the words HOC VINCES (short for 'In hoc signo vinces', a Latin phrase meaning 'In this sign thou shalt conquer') and underneath at the base of the shaft: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE KEINTON MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. The west face of the plinth bears the fourteen names of the fallen, also in leaded lettering, and the adjacent south face of the plinth reads '1939-1945' with a further two names.
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, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 May 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25012
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/231003
Other
Somerset Historic Environment Records, ref 17826, for Keinton Mandeville War Memorial
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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