Edmondthorpe War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Main Street, Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire, LE14 2JU

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First World War memorial, designed by Henry Francis Traylen of Stamford and unveiled on 27 November 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1440920
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Edmondthorpe War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Main Street, Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire, LE14 2JU

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1440920
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Edmondthorpe War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Main Street, Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire, LE14 2JU

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Main Street, Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire, LE14 2JU

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

County:: Leicestershire
District:: Melton (District Authority)
Parish:: Wymondham
National Grid Reference:: SK8581217564

Summary

First World War memorial, designed by Henry Francis Traylen of Stamford and unveiled on 27 November 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Edmondthorpe 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: an elegant and striking Latin cross; * Designer: by Henry Francis Traylen, a prolific local architect, well known for his ecclesiastical work; * Group value: with the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade I).

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 unveiled at Edmondthorpe on 27 November 1920 by Canon Richard Blakeney as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates nine local servicemen who died during the First World War. The memorial was designed by Henry Francis Traylen (1874-1947) who was a prolific local architect and advocate of nearby Stamford’s historic buildings. Although he specialised in ecclesiastical work and church restorations as one of the Diocesan Surveyors for the Archdeaconries of Lincoln, Oakham, Peterborough, he also designed many secular buildings, war memorials and houses, mainly in Stamford and the surrounding villages.

Details

MATERIALS: Clipsham stone.

DESCRIPTION: Edmondthorpe War Memorial is located within the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels’ Church. It consists of a Latin cross with carved trefoil tracery to the arms of the cross and a carved collar. The cross is set upon a tapering hexagonal shaft which rises from a square plinth.

Inscriptions and names are carved on the plinth: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ MEN OF EDMONDTHORPE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES).

The memorial stands upon a two-stepped hexagonal base.

Sources

Websites
Leicestershire War Memorials Project, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from http://www.leics.gov.uk/warmemorials_edmondthorpe.htm
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/109066
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14785

Legal

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