Diddlebury War Memorial
Churchyard of St Peter's Church, Diddlebury, Shropshire, SY7 9DH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437244
- Date first listed:
- 16-Sept-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Diddlebury War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Peter's Church, Diddlebury, Shropshire, SY7 9DH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437244
- Date first listed:
- 16-Sept-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Diddlebury War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of St Peter's Church, Diddlebury, Shropshire, SY7 9DH
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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 St Peter's Church, Diddlebury, Shropshire, SY7 9DH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Diddlebury
- National Grid Reference:
- SO5081885371
Summary
A churchyard First World War memorial of c 1920, with an additional inscription added after 1945.
Reasons for Designation
Diddlebury War Memorial, Shropshire 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: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of a wheel-head cross;
* Group value: with the church of St Peter, Diddlebury (Grade II*).
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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also 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 Diddlebury, Shropshire 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 monument appears to date from c 1920, with an additional inscription added after 1945 to commemorate the Fallen from the Second World War.
Details
A churchyard First World War memorial of c 1920, with an additional inscription added after 1945.
MATERIALS & PLAN: limestone ashlar, with a wheel-head cross on a tapered shaft with chamfered edges which rises from a square plinth with two-stepped base. The cross is placed to the south-west of the church tower and raised above the level of the churchyard wall and the raised pavement.
The wheel-head cross has splayed ends to the arms and hollow-chamfered edges. To its base is a band of foliage in the form of a laurel wreath. The tapered shaft has hollow-chamfered edges and inset panels of stylised foliage to the lower body of the shaft on the western and eastern sides. Both east and west sides of the plinth have superimposed stone panels, presumably to replace worn original lettering beneath. That on the west side reads: LIVE THEN FOR ENGLAND / WE FOR ENGLAND DIED / IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF DIDDLEBURY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. Names of the fallen are inscribed on the eastern panel. The corners of the plinth have roll mouldings to their vertical edges.
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, 27 July 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Francis, Peter, Shropshire War Memorials; Sites of Remembrance, (2013), 130
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/66194
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251318
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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