Knowbury War Memorial
St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1437269
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-2016
- Statutory Address:
- St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1437269
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-2016
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU
Location
- Statutory Address:
- St Paul's Church, Farden Lane, Knowbury, Shropshire, SY8 3JU
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Caynham
- National Grid Reference:
- SO5719575223
Summary
A churchyard war memorial of marble, dedicated in 1920, which takes the form of an obelisk.
Reasons for Designation
Knowbury 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 this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of an obelisk with plinth;
* Group value: the monument has group value with the church of St Paul (Grade II).
History
The monument appears to date from c.1920. A plaque commemorating the fallen from the Second World War was added after 1945.
Details
A churchyard war memorial of c. 1920, added to after 1945.
MATERIALS & PLAN: the monument takes the form of a grey, granite obelisk, with stepped plinth, placed to the south side of the western doorway of the church, by the tower.
The tapered body of the obelisk has two stages, with a broader lower part. There is a chamfered band at the juncture between these two parts. The upper body is inscribed : ‘ERECTED / IN PROUD AND / LOVING MEMORY / OF THE MEN FROM / THIS PARISH WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT / WAR / 1914 – 1918’. Names of the fallen are inscribed on the lower body of the obelisk and on its flanks. The stepped plinth has the following words on the upper step: ‘FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH FOR KING AND COUNTRY’. The names of the fallen from the Second World War are inscribed on a separate granite plaque which stands in front of the obelisk.
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, 19 January 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Francis, Peter, Shropshire War Memorials; Sites of Remembrance, (2013), 102
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13796
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/130804
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