Ripley War Memorial
Market Place, Main Street, Ripley, North Yorkshire, HG3 3AY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437656
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Ripley War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Market Place, Main Street, Ripley, North Yorkshire, HG3 3AY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1437656
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Ripley War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Market Place, Main Street, Ripley, North Yorkshire, HG3 3AY
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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:
- Market Place, Main Street, Ripley, North Yorkshire, HG3 3AY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ripley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE2838360521
Summary
First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Ripley War Memorial 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a simple yet affecting sandstone memorial pillar;
* Group value: with Grade-II listed buildings including Chantry House, Star Cottage, the market cross, the stocks and the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints.
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 Ripley by the Ingilby family of Ripley Castle as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who served in the First and Second World Wars. It commemorates 51 local servicemen who served during the First World War, five of whom died. Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the 28 local servicemen who served and the one that died in that conflict.
In 2011 the bronze plaque on the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
MATERIALS: sandstone pillar, bronze plaques.
DESCRIPTION: Ripley War Memorial is a pillar with a gabled top. It rises from an octagonal base which is set upon a three-stepped square base.
On opposite faces of the pillar are bronze plaques, both of which bear a sunburst motif and inscriptions. The First World War inscription reads: TOWNSHIP OF RIPLEY/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAMES OF FALLEN)/ SERVED IN H. M. FORCES/ (NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND SURVIVED)/ GOD SAVE THE KING.
The Second World War plaque is inscribed: TOWNSHIP OF RIPLEY/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN/ THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAME)/ SERVED IN H. M. FORCES/ (NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND SURVIVED)/ GOD SAVE THE KING.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, accessed 6 July 2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=905
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 July 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/93283
War Memorials Register, accessed 6 July 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/31027
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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