Newton Longville War Memorial

Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0AG

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Overview

First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437711
Date first listed:: 31-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Newton Longville War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0AG

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1437711
Date first listed:: 31-Aug-2016
List Entry Name:: Newton Longville War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0AG

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0AG

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Newton Longville
National Grid Reference:: SP8481131424

Summary

First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Newton Longville War Memorial, which stands on Whaddon Road, 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: an elegant obelisk in the Classical style; * Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Faith.

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. One such memorial was raised at Newton Longville as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 17 members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial also commemorates the other 65 servicemen who served in the conflict but who returned home. The memorial was in place by 1925, when it appears on the 1:2500 County Series map for Buckinghamshire. Following the Second World War the names of two men who died in that conflict were added.

Details

The memorial stands on Whaddon Road, adjacent to the lych-gate that forms the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Faith (Grade I-listed). The circa 4m high granite memorial takes the form of a tall, slender obelisk, square on plan. A small wreath is carved in relief on the front face of the obelisk. The obelisk rises from a tapering pedestal, which stands on a two-stage base.

The front face of the pedestal bears the principal dedication THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED TO THE IMMORTAL/ MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (17 NAMES). The dates 1939 – 1945 with the names of the two men who died in the Second World War are recorded on the front face of the upper stage of the base. All lettering on the front faces of the memorial is in black-painted inset metal letters.

The left and right sides of the pedestal bear the names of those who served in the First World War but who returned, listed under the dedication IN HONOUR/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED. This lettering is incised and painted black.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 13/07/2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/115281
War Memorials Register, accessed 13/07/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8038

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.