East Ord War Memorial
Village Green, East Ord, Northumberland, TD15 2NS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435374
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- East Ord War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Village Green, East Ord, Northumberland, TD15 2NS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1435374
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-2016
- List Entry Name:
- East Ord War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Village Green, East Ord, Northumberland, TD15 2NS
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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:
- Village Green, East Ord, Northumberland, TD15 2NS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ord
- National Grid Reference:
- NT9798651359
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
East Ord War Memorial, which stands on the village green, 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 conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a tall and imposing memorial cross.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was raised at East Ord as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives.
The memorial was in place by November 1922, commemorating three local servicemen who died in the First World War. Following the Second World War, the details of eight men who fell in that conflict were added. The marble plaque carrying the Second World War details had become damaged, and was replaced in 2000 with assistance from War Memorials Trust.
Details
East Ord War Memorial stands on the village green. It comprises a small Latin cross raised on a tall, rough-hewn, cross shaft. That stands on a pedestal of rough stone blocks, square on plan. The pedestal is mounted on a broad, tapering plinth, also square on plan. The plinth stands on a three-stepped base. The memorial stands in a square enclosure marked by a low stone kerb with nine pyramidal rough-hewn stone pillars carrying a metal rail.
The principal dedicatory inscription is recorded on a white marble plaque on the front face of the pedestal, reading IN REVERED MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF ORD PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (3 NAMES)/ “WE FEEBLY STRUGGLE/ THEY IN GLORY SHINE”. Above the plaque, cut into the stonework of the pedestal, is the admonition LEST WE FORGET. The Second World War white marble plaque is fixed to the front face of the plinth. This reads 1939 – 1945/ (8 NAMES).
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017.
Sources
Websites
North East War Memorials Project - East Ord, accessed 25/04/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7142
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase - East Ord, accessed 25/04/2016 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=383
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/34305
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/90093
Other
“East Ord”, The Berwick Advertiser, 17 November 1922, p6.
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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