Hindon War Memorial
Church of St John the Baptist, High Street, Hindon, Wiltshire, SP3 6DJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435129
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Hindon War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St John the Baptist, High Street, Hindon, Wiltshire, SP3 6DJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435129
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Hindon War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St John the Baptist, High Street, Hindon, Wiltshire, SP3 6DJ
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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 John the Baptist, High Street, Hindon, Wiltshire, SP3 6DJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hindon
- National Grid Reference:
- ST9096532927
Summary
First World War memorial, 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Hindon War Memorial, located in the north-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, 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;
* Architectural interest: a well-executed Portland stone pillar and lantern;
* Group value: with the Grade II-listed Church of St John the Baptist and numerous surrounding buildings also listed at Grade II.
History
Hindon War Memorial was unveiled on 17 October 1919, with Hugh Morrison MP in attendance, at its original location in the village centre at the junction of High Street and the B3089. The memorial cost £239 1s 9d. It commemorates 19 local servicemen who died during the First World War, or later as a result of wounds. At that time the memorial was surmounted by a lantern and included a flower shelf below the dedicatory inscription. In 1943 an American Army tank knocked into the memorial, causing the pillar to topple and the lantern to break.
The remains of the memorial were relocated to the village church as a temporary measure and following a public meeting on 14 August 1945 it was determined that the memorial should be re-erected within the churchyard. The memorial was rebuilt, using the original stone, beside the west door of the church. However, the lantern was not reconstructed because this element was too badly damaged. In addition, the flower shelf was removed to make space for the commemoration of those three who fell in the Second World War.
In 2010 the memorial was cleaned and the lettering re-cut and in January 2011 War Memorials Trust awarded a grant for the replacement of the lantern.
Details
The c 4m high memorial stands in the north-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II-listed). The memorial has a two-stepped square base surmounted by a tall, broad Portland stone pillar and capstone with cornicing topped by a four-windowed lantern. Each face of the pillar is ornamented with a cross carved in low relief, with the inscriptions below.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face reads THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED/ DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED/ OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY/ THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF/ SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR/ OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. The other three faces carry the names of those who fell, grouped by the year in which they died.
Sources
Websites
Bulletin, War Memorials Trust, 50th Edition, p8, accessed 22/03/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/uploads/publications/306.pdf
Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register, accessed 22/03/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23942
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - Hindon, accessed 22/03/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=822,
Imperial War Museum Blog, accessed 22/03/2016 from https://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/hindon-memorial/
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/100185
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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