Langley War Memorial

Ebenezer Church, High Street, Langley, Oldbury, B69 4SL

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First World War memorial, 1924. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1434733
Date first listed:: 05-May-2016
List Entry Name:: Langley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Ebenezer Church, High Street, Langley, Oldbury, B69 4SL

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1434733
Date first listed:: 05-May-2016
List Entry Name:: Langley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Ebenezer Church, High Street, Langley, Oldbury, B69 4SL

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:: Ebenezer Church, High Street, Langley, Oldbury, B69 4SL

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

District:: Sandwell (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SO9924888125

Summary

First World War memorial, 1924.

Reasons for Designation

Langley War Memorial, which stands on Langley High Street, 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 First World War; * Architectural interest: the simple Celtic cross is an eloquent reminder of all the First World War fallen.

History

Langley War Memorial was unveiled in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church (c 250m to the North of its present location) and was dedicated by the Archdeacon of Birmingham in November 1924. The memorial does not record names of the fallen; the 64 local servicemen who died during the First World War are recorded in the memorial window originally installed at St Michael and All Angels church and dedicated in 1921. In the 1960s Holy Trinity was closed and demolished. The memorial was removed and placed to the left of the entrance of St Michael and All Angels Church, Langley Green, some 400m to the South of its present location.

In 2007, St Michael and All Angels Church was closed and sold. A public appeal for the protection of the memorial (as well as the memorial window) was led by Langley Local History Society. This was supported by both individuals and also local organisations. The stone masons W H Tinsley of Rood End, Oldbury, cleaned, re-lettered and moved the memorial to the lawn in front of the Ebenezer Church on Langley High Street. A service of re-dedication was held on 8 November 2014.

Details

The memorial stands on a lawn in front of the Ebenezer Church, High Street. It comprises a rough-hewn granite Celtic cross with a tall shaft set on a tapering plinth. That rises from a rectangular rough-hewn granite base, which stands on a rectangular concrete slab.

The front (west) face of the plinth bears an inscription in black painted letters reading THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ 1914 – 1918. Below on the base is an inscription in black painted letters reading THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

Sources

Websites
History of Oldbury, Langley and Warley, accessed 30/03/2016 from http://www.historyofoldbury.co.uk/articles/memorials%20-%20Langley.html
Langley Local History Society (2015) The Men of Oldbury who died in the 1914-1918 War [online edition], accessed 30/03/2016 from http://www.historyofoldbury.co.uk/articles/SOLDIERS%20VOLUME%201%20-%20LANGLEY%20WAR%20MEMORIAL%20bookmarked.pdf
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/231008
War Memorials Register, accessed 30/03/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17495

Legal

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