Kings Langley War Memorial
Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 8DP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436993
- Date first listed:
- 15-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Kings Langley War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 8DP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1436993
- Date first listed:
- 15-Nov-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Kings Langley War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 8DP
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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:
- Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 8DP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kings Langley
- National Grid Reference:
- TL0730502415
Summary
First and Second World War memorial. Erected 1920 with the names of the fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.
Reasons for Designation
Kings Langley War Memorial, erected in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as a war memorial that has strong cultural and historic significance within both a local and national context;
* Commemorative: as a poignant reminder of the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made during the First and Second World Wars;
* Design: as an elegant Latin cross set upon a tapering shaft, octagonal plinth and stepped base;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed All Saints’ Church and Grade II-listed monuments in the churchyard.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw a huge wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was funded by local subscription and erected in 1920 to commemorate 38 residents of Kings Langley who died during the conflict. It was unveiled on 10 October 1920 by Sir Thomas Frederick Halsey (1839-1927), a Conservative politician and army officer, who had served as MP for Hertfordshire. After the Second World War the names of 32 residents that died during that conflict were added to the memorial.
Details
First and Second World War memorial. Erected 1920 with the names of the fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.
MATERIALS: carved from stone.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church. It is situated upon a mound covered by rubble-stone paving, which is approached via stone steps at the SW of the churchyard. In addition there is a path and wrought-iron gateway leading from the adjacent Watford Road. The memorial comprises a Latin cross set upon a capital at the head of a tapering octagonal shaft with a moulded base. It stands upon a moulded octagonal plinth and two-tier stepped base. On the base is the inscription: REMEMBER/ BEFORE GOD/ THOSE FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914-1918. The names of the fallen of the First and Second World Wars are inscribed onto bronze plaques set into the sides of the plinth.
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, 12 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 16 June 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19161
Roll of Honour, accessed 16 June 2016 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Hertfordshire/KingsLangley.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 12 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/199811
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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