Henton War Memorial
Main Road, Henton, Oxfordshire, OX39 4AE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436551
- Date first listed:
- 30-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Henton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Main Road, Henton, Oxfordshire, OX39 4AE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436551
- Date first listed:
- 30-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Henton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Main Road, Henton, Oxfordshire, OX39 4AE
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.
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:
- Main Road, Henton, Oxfordshire, OX39 4AE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chinnor
- National Grid Reference:
- SP7634002370
Summary
First World War memorial, created by Mr Cox of Keinton Mandeville and unveiled on 24 April 1920, with further names added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Henton War Memorial, unveiled on 24 April 1920, 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 simple yet dignified limestone Latin 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, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Henton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial was created by Mr Cox of Keinton Mandeville and was dedicated by the Bishop of Taunton at a ceremony on 24 April 1920.
Following the Second World War, a dedication was added on a separate inscription panel fitted to the base to commemorate the fallen of that conflict.
In 2013 the memorial was cleaned and conserved with a grant from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: limestone cross, iron railings.
DESCRIPTION: Henton War Memorial consists of a Latin cross surmounting a tapered column set on a hexagonal plinth. The plinth carries the inscription: THE STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HENTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
The memorial is set upon a three-stepped base and stands in a small paved area enclosed by iron railings.
A separate inscription panel fitted to the base commemorates the fallen of the Second World War.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, accessed 6 June 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=998
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 June 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/131875
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 June 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/68336
Other
Henton War Memorial, Wells Journal, 30 April 1920
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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